Sausage Fest Chicago style

[Dew Knot Humps]

A soup I’m making tonight calls for Polish sausage so I had to go over by the sausage store earlier to get some. I put on a track suit for added authenticity so I’d fit in.

They don’t have places like this in Montana. When you get close you are greeted by the aroma of wood smoke similar to what you would smell in the forests around Warsaw. When you walk in hints of pork, beef and garlic join the olfactory bouquet. I’ve heard people say they sometimes feel intimated in these types of places if they don’t speak Polish but I’ve never had that problem. Maybe it’s because I’m genetically rocking a strong Eastern European vibe.

 

[Peen Simmons]

Did you bring a friend so you could help the owner change a lightbulb?

I don’t dine on critters any more, but back when I did local sassidge delicacies were one of my fav things. Used to have to haul ass with a cooler full of ice and encased meats when I lived in KC because my friend there who was of the Polish persuasion couldn’t get the good stuff in Cow Town and he’d make me haul him back a huge supply.

 

[jp_nyc]

Is that the shop that’s only open on cold days because they lost the recipe for ice cubes?

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Did you bring a friend so you could help the owner change a lightbulb?

Negatory. It’s extra Polish in there, one isn’t enough. With a structure that size I’d have to bring 900 Polacks to turn the building in circles while the owner holds the bulb in the socket.

 

[LeftyTom]

Who's the sketchy vagrant in the last pic?

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Koo-bah-saw!!

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Is that the shop that’s only open on cold days because they lost the recipe for ice cubes?

It was 34 out when I went over there so maybe you are on to something.

 

[bsman]

Does it have the Abe Froman seal of approval?

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Does it have the Abe Froman seal of approval?

Unless someone has at least a 10-1 consonant to vowel ratio in both their first and last name their opinion on sausage means squat to me.

 

[Chicken Man]

Fwiw, we have a couple of reputable/irreputable (depending on who you ask and who's asking) sausage places here in Western Michigan. Gotta love a vendor of cured meats.

 

[PunkKitty]

That's a great place.

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Here’s the real world practical application of some of that sausage. A savory and delicious Polish sausage (two types, swojka and lesna), red cabbage tomato soup with homemade chicken stock, a little rice, a few frijoles colorado’s, carrots and the soup staples onion, celery and garlic.

 

[sleewell]

that looks delicious!!!!

 

[mongooz]

this thread is causing me to go find my grandmother's soup recipes. there's 2 of them she used to make when we were over to her house.
both of them are Amish types, since we're from Lancaster Pa.