HOMEMADE SAUSAGE

Now we are in the sausage business? Surely was fun for my husband. For the first try at sausage making he decided to make chorizo as we like the flavors of it but do not like what the store brands put into chorizo like lymph glands, cheeks basically all the face parts. We made ours with pork shoulder roast and lots of spicy seasonings. We did not stuff into casing this time just used the ground product last night in taco's and for hubby's breakfast I just made a scramble with it and potatoes, onions, peppers and eggs. Very tasty though we did have to add some oil to the cooking process. Next batch will be old fashioned Hungarian sausage that will be stuffed into casings and smoked. Just like my husbands father used to make. Yeah little old sausage maker hubby!!!!


Our weather is due for a change on Sunday. A big cold front is coming in from the north and will collide with a moist front coming from the west. The paper this morning  reported that this could be a nasty storm for us here in Eugene. Snow and or freezing rain could happen. Well that is just dandy as we are going to Washington and returning  just at storm time. So we will have to watch closely the forecast on tonight's news. Seems our local weather folks are more accurate than the weather channel. We will postpone if need be do not want to take risk on the interstate.


We had a fire in a our big fire bowl a couple of days ago and spent the entire afternoon on the back deck. We wanted to be out in the sun and the only way to achieve that was to have a fire as it was bitter cold. A little wind did not help the situation. But the fire warmed our legs and feet and after a bit we settled into comfort. It was fun and something different to do on a winter day. It made me want to roast a hot dog  in those deep red coals. But we had tuna melts and soup instead.


At some point in time I will add a couple sausage recipes as we get on to what we are doing. All seems fairly simple. Smoking the sausage could be a trial trying to get the smoker the right temp.


Have a lovely day, stay warm. So cold here but so pretty also. The sky is a deep blue with high ribbons of light clouds adrift. Lovely.


Till later.