Posts tagged as Sausage
Jimmy Dean, 1928-2010
He'd butchered hogs on his family's farm as a kid, so after becoming a country music star, he knew how to set himself up for life after showbiz: a sausage company, established in 1969 right in his hometown of Plainview, Texas. It was a hugely successful venture, growing to be valued at $75 million, and inspiring a passionate devotion among fans who sometimes, very famously, could literally not get enough of the delicious spiced meat. Jimmy Dean died Sunday at the age of 81.
Disgusting Meatstick Snack Looks Pretty Good, Actually
I rather enjoyed this Times Dining piece on the pepperoni rolls of Appalachian West Virginia. The roll, "a yeast-risen stub of white bread, seams bursting with coins of Hormel pepperoni, bottom tinged russet by the meat's aromatic grease," is a legacy of the Italian immigrants who came to the region to mine coal at the beginning of the last century. And while I think we can all agree that pepperoni is the most disgusting of the ungulate-based dry sausages-particularly the Hormel iteration; try this if you must-I'm not gonna lie: I would probably eat one of these. Or a couple, depending on how drunk I was. They look like they'd do a hell of a job soaking up the booze.
