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How to Store Fresh Sausage
Fresh sausage must be consumed or frozen within one to two days of purchase. They can be stored in their original packaging, but refrain from opening the package until you’re ready to cook. The easiest way to tell if a sausage has gone bad is its smell. Discard of anything that smells foul.
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How to Freeze Fresh Sausage
Sausage can be kept in its original packaging, but re-wrapped in aluminum foil, plastic wrap, or freezer paper to prevent freezer burn. A frozen fresh sausage’s optimal flavor will last one to two months beyond its initial freeze date, though properly packaged sausage can last significantly longer.
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How to Cook Fresh Sausage
To cook sausage in its traditional form (whole and with casing), spray a skillet with cooking spray and set the heat to medium-high. Add the sausages and allow their sides to brown. Continuously flip the sausages with tongs until they are browned evenly. Lower heat to medium-low and carefully had half a cup of water to the skillet. Cover the sausages and allow to simmer in the water for 12 minutes or until the they are cooked through.
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Naem Anyone?

by JayDK 5 days ago

Bought a sausage at Vientiane, Seattle. It's been sitting at room temperature since Sunday. Now, how do I cook it? ...

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JayDK commented 3 days ago

Sausage Safe to Eat?
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Hungarian Winter Salami

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 by RicktheHun 26 days ago

Has anyone ever attempted making Hungarian Winter Salami (téliszalámi)? It's one the tastiest salamis I've ever eate...

Salami Sausage

Does anyone have a method to make and freeze sausage without the casings?

by Fritz 1 year ago

that says it all.

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honda4fun commented 28 days ago

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What to Do With Cured Sausage?

by Jim Leff 4 years ago

So I bought some very exciting spicy leek Greek sausage at a real good butcher shop (fwiw, Artopolis in Astoria). And...

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honda4fun commented 28 days ago

Sausage

Lockeford sausages

by Joan Kureczka 12 years ago

On the way back into the Bay Area after spending Thanksgiving in Carson City, we stopped at the Lockeford Meat Compan...

Melanie Wong

Melanie Wong commented 2 months ago

California Sausage Butcher

Cause for chicken/sausage gumbo turning "sour" after 24 hours

by lrhodge 6 years ago

I have a huge problem. I have been making chicken/sausage gumbo for a few years. The past few times I have made it ...

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hotoynoodle commented 2 months ago

Chicken Sausage Gumbo

Andouille Sausage Recipes?

by topdog 11 years ago

I was given quite a bit of Andouille sausage and need ideas of ways to use it other than Jambalaya or Gumbo. Anyone h...

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Dogboa commented 2 months ago

Sausage

January 2017 COTM -- SIMPLE: Fish; Roasts; Chops & Sausages; Chicken 122-233

by blue room 1 year ago

Use this thread to post your reports on recipes from SIMPLE. Please include the page number and put the recipe name...

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pistachio peas commented 2 months ago

Cookbook of the M... Fish Chicken Sausage Cookbooks
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Breakfast Sausage: Patties or Links?

by Perilagu Khan 6 years ago

My mom served only patties when I was a kiddo, and now, perhaps in compensation, I'm preferrin' links. Y'all?

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divadmas commented 3 months ago

Breakfast Sausage

Why boil brats?

by knucklesandwich 6 years ago

Can someone out there explain bratwurst to me? Why boil, simmer, or otherwise immerse a sausage destined for a g...

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LilRedHen commented 3 months ago

Boiling Simmering Bratwurst Sausage

Questions about smoking sausage

by Hank Hanover 7 years ago

I have never made my own sausage so my question could be really stupid. If I want to smoke the sausage, it seems to m...

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lalapapa commented 3 months ago

Sausage

The Salzburg | North Beach - San Francisco

by Melanie Wong 6 months ago

The Salzburg opened in October, taking over the venue that had been Cinecitta in North Beach. In the neighborhood on ...

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Melanie Wong commented 3 months ago

San Francisco Bay... Wine Bar Outdoor Seating Sausage Restaurant Openings

Chicken/duck liver lap cheong

by luckyfatima 4 months ago

I ordered some non-pork lap cheong. One is chicken and one is pure duck liver. Should I just prepare these like I wou...

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luckyfatima commented 3 months ago

Chinese Sausage
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Make smoked sausages without cloth

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 by luislopes 3 months ago

Hi, this might sound as a very stupid question, but i wonder if there is a way to make smoked sausages with cloth (s...

Sausage

Does cooked ground sausage need to be refrigerated?

by Caraseil 1 year ago

Every Christmas my in-laws bake sausage cheddar biscuit balls made with cooked ground sausage. They put them in a bow...

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Querencia commented 4 months ago

Sausage Food Storage

Hare & Hatter Sausage Emporium | Sonoma Plaza

by Melanie Wong 11 months ago

Tips are rolling into my inbox faster than I can get out there to try them out. So, I'll just post this one here and ...

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Malcolm Ruthven commented 5 months ago

San Francisco Bay... Breakfast Coffeehouse Happy Hour Sonoma County Sausage Restaurant Openings Hot Dog

Have they stopped making Hickory Farms Beef Stick?

by aurora50 7 years ago

My sister and I were at Walmart a few weeks ago, and picked up what I thought was a Hickory Farms Beef Stick. But as...

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BiggCheese40 commented 5 months ago

Beef Sausage

Sausages From Wholefoods. How to cook?

by pancake 10 years ago

I bought some interesting sausages from wholefoods am not sure how to cook them to keep them juicy. The two flavour...

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sparrow9 commented 5 months ago

Sausage

Best Kielbasa/Sausage SE Michigan

by sarochka06 8 months ago

I'm looking for really great, old world kielbasa/sausage. Lived in Ukraine, have never had anything like it. I will s...

TraderJoe

TraderJoe commented 6 months ago

Great Lakes Michigan Detroit Kielbasa Sausage In Search Of...
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Cudighi (aka Yooper Sausage)

by Ross B 8 years ago

I live in Memphis, TN and have been eating the same unique Italian sausage my entire life. There is only one place l...

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MaggiMae912 commented 7 months ago

Great Lakes Italian Michigan Sausage
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