Bratwurst...

Demiurge

I'm not sure of the availability of these fine meats outside of the Wisconsin/Illinois area, but assuming it's pretty good...have any of you had Hungarian Bratwurst?

I bought some locally at:


Karl's Country Market

W156N5645 Pilgrim Rd
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051-5924
Phone:(262)252-3090

These things are to die for IMO. They are spicy, and magnificent! Just curious if any of your local butchers or meat markets have such products. If so, try them! If not I may be willing to ship some out to people who wanted to try something different at my cost.

GZ

There's this PDQ market on Sunset Ave. in Waukesha that has it's own meat dept. I think it's called 'Vics'. They make some great brats along with Italian & Polish sausage too. Whenever I get in that way I always pick up an assoretment. Ahhhh, grilling season.

trubluluc

.....are conjuring up memories.
I was raised in Sussex Wi.
right in between Menomonee falls and Waukesha.
Ya mean Usingers isn't the first name in sausage anymore?

How do you spell that polish sausage

Kilbassa? I'm sure you know what I mean.

-Luc

Demiurge

Originally posted by trubluluc
.....are conjuring up memories.
I was raised in Sussex Wi.
right in between Menomonee falls and Waukesha.
Ya mean Usingers isn't the first name in sausage anymore?

How do you spell that polish sausage

Kilbassa? I'm sure you know what I mean.

-Luc

Usingers has gone downhill, IMO, but it's not horrible by any stretch. Still beats all the large grocery store brand stuff. I try to stick with the local butcher shops now. Karl's isn't the best, but the Hungarians are sooooo damn tasty. I can't explain it! I live right next to Miller Park so we always get in on the tailgating around here.

Beer & Brats. Nothing beats it.

Demiurge

Cookin' up a few of these bad boys tonight.

I also got some Breaded Chicken with Asparagus & Parmesean for Wednesday night. I love spring.

Jstas

Alright! Hold it right there!

Polish Sausage is NOT Kielbasa. They are two different types of sausage!

Keilbasa uses higher quality cuts of meat and has very little seasoning in it. It usually has salt and pepper, mustard seed and garlic with some minor variations depending on the family recipe or region of Poland where the recipie initiated. It is not always spicy like most recipies would have you believe and it is smoked.

Polish Sausage is very often inaccuratly used to refer to Kielbasa. Polish Sausage is a different and fairly unappetizing sausage, IMO. It is made from left overs or the less lean/tender parts of cuts of meat. It is heavily spiced and often cured and then smoked. Sometimes not even smoked at all. It is closer to the German/Austrian/Dutch Summer Sausage whihc, IMO is also fairly unappetizing.

My grandmother and my great grandmother used to feed Polish Sausage to the dog and save the Kielbasa for dinner! Fried up and then stewed with Saurkraut and onions and served with a side of stewed tomatoes....mmmmm! That's good eatin'!

Demiurge

Well...anyhow...Usingers sells both and it's both good, IMO.

Sour ****! Yum.

dylan

I didn't know the glory of brats until I lived in Wisconsin for a summer. I learned quickly to not even say the words 'hot dog' in the same sentence. Simmered in beer and onions, grilled, good mustard... love it.

If you like brats, give these a try: Scotch Eggs. Remove the casing from an uncooked brat, and wrap around one hard boiled egg, rolling in your hands until the egg is completely sealed. Then roll in bread crumbs, and bake for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees (wire rack on cookie sheet works well to let the grease drip through).
It's just about the best beer food I've ever had, even after being the chef in a brew pub (man that was fun, most of my overtime ended up being kegs brought home...).

And if hard boiled eggs and bratwurst aren't a winning combination for gaseous emissions, I don't know what is...

F1nut

Oh yeah, I love a good brat/**** ****!

Demiurge

Originally posted by F1nut
Oh yeah, I love a good brat/**** ****!

Me too!