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May 9th, 2009 by theidel
Now that you have taken care of Mother’s Day gifts, it’s time to start planning for Father’s Day. Picking a gift for Mom is relatively easy. You can choose flowers, jewelry and even go out for brunch and more times then not, she will be very happy. Father’s Day get a bit tougher since many find themselves in the dilemma of “What do you get for Dad?”. What do you get for the guy that has everything? Give him the gift of Sausage Making. The gift that keeps giving year after year.
The most memorable gifts I have received over the years are those that are different. Those gifts that are interesting, fun and rewarding, but not necessarily expensive. Therein lies the problem. Home Food Gourmet has made that an easy decision. If your father likes to grill, cook or create things with his hands, the gift of Sausage Making will be memorable and appreciated. It can begin a hobby for your Dad or anyone that will give them years of enjoyment, satisfaction and cause amazement from family and friends.
Home Food Gourmet has created 3 sausage and jerky making kits for under $60 that give your loved ones everything they need to get started making multiple varieties of delicious sausage or jerky. Whether they decide to use beef, pork, venison or other game meats, they will be able to create gastronomical works of art. Every batch of sausage or jerky made has it’s own personality created by the sausage maker.
A sample of the sausage and jerky varieties included in the 3 Home Food Gourmet “Ultimate” kits are Sausage Sticks, Salami, Polish, Summer, Bologna, Pepperoni, Dry Cure Hard Salami, Cajun, Pepper, Teriyaki, Mesquite and Barbeque. As someone gets hooked on the art of making sausage or jerky, they can begin to experiment with different seasoning blends, adding other ingredients such as cranberries, apples and more.
- Ultimate Sausage Kit, $49.99
 Ultimate Sausage Kit
- The Ultimate Sausage Kit has all the seasonings you need to make a total of 50 pounds of 6 delicious varieties of sausage using Beef, Venison or other game meats.
- Smoked Summer Sausage
- Salami Sausage
- Summer Sausage
- Polish Sausage
- Pepperoni Salami Sausage
- Trail Bologna Sausage
- We don’t stop there. We also include:
- Insta Cure #1 (a basic cure to cure all types of meat that require cooking, smoking or canning.
- Hickory Liquid Smoke
- 20 Sausage Casings (15 - 3″ x 12″ & 5 - 3″ x 24″)
- Hog Rings and Hog Ring Pliers (A must have tool)
- Sausage Pricker (to remove air pockets) Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bologna, Cajun, carbon dioxide emissions, Dried Salami, Father's Day, Jerky, Jerky Making Kit, making sausage, Mother's Day, Pepperoni, polish, sausage, Sausage Casings, Sausage Making Kit, Teriyaki
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April 26th, 2009 by theidel
The years 1943 and 2009; so much time in between, but so much in common. The year 1943 was 56 years ago and the world was in the midst of the “war to end all wars”. The famed Baby Boomer generation wouldn’t begin to appear for 3 more years. The war effort required sacrifice by every man, woman and child in the United States. Then as now, it was not an easy time for Americans, but their were more challenges.
History
Here are a few examples of was going on in 1943:
- Rationing rules for shoes, canned food, meat, cheese, butter and cooking oils went into effect for the United States.
- German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Krakow.
- The British and American bombers attack Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
- A famine in Bengal, India kills 3 million people.
- “Pay As You Go Tax” is introduced into the United States; the beginning of income tax withholding. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: baby boomer, canning, dehydrating, food, Free, fresh produce, garden, home canning guide, making sausage, preserving, sausage-making, save money, victory garden, world war
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April 24th, 2009 by theidel
 Home Food Gourmet Sausage Kits What is in a sausage? Sausage making is one of those mysteries of life that you probably have been told you are better off not knowing about. Well, once you peel the layer of mystery off, it is a fun, delicious and even healthy food, as long as you are in charge.
There are so many foods available that you can either buy from the store complete or make it at home. Sausage has always been different. It was there, but you didn’t even begin to know how it got there. Home Food Gourmet has made it less mysterious and making it easy to create sausage at home. You will even save money compared to what you would pay at the store.
The Home Food Store is offering kits that will have you making your own blends of sausage in no time. The sausage seasoning mixes and kits made of top-quality herbs and spices provide the basic ingredients you need to get started. You can choose what type & quality cuts of meat you prefer from your local butcher or grocery store and you are on your way.
Many kits include the spices, the cures if you plan on smoking; even sausage casings and hog ring pliers to seal the casing when you are done. If customization is your game, you can purchase the base spice for your favorite type of sausage that are available in regular or low-sodium versions. You can cut back on the fat, using our health concious fat replacer to provide the same great taste and texture with minimum to no fat. You can get started on 25 - 50 lbs of sausage for less than $9.99.
As you become drawn into the sausage making world, Home Food Gourmet has a wide selection of meat grinders, sausage stuffers, smokers, liquid smoke, and spices that will have you creating gourmet delights for your friends and family.
A small sample of sausage spice blends available are:
- Andouille
- Greek Sausage
- Italian (many varieties)
- Pepperoni
- Liverwurst
- Landjager
- Sante Fe
- Roasted Garlic
- and many more.
Other spices, brines, cures, kits and equipment are available at Home Food Gourmet to make your own hams, jerky, smoked turkey, smoked chicken, Pastrami and more.
Visit us at any of our pages below to find out more about how to preserve food at home, whether it is smoking, curing, dehydrating, canning or fermenting. We have the information, supplies and know-how to get you started.
Visit the Home Food Store at: http://www.homefoodgourmet.com/the_home_food_store.html
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Visit the Home Food Gourmet Blog at: http://www.homefoodgourmet.com/blog
Visit the Home Food Gourmet Recipes at: http://www.homefoodgourmet.com/home-food-gourmet-recipes
Tags: curing, dehydrating, fermenting, herbs, making sausage, sausage-making, save money, smoking, spices
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April 9th, 2009 by theidel
More Americans Are Finding Out
More than a third of households (37%) plan on having a food garden in 2009, up 19% from the previous year. Of those starting a garden in 2009, 11% plan to begin growing herbs, 10% will tend vegetables in containers, 5% will cultivate a vegetable garden, and 4% plan to grow fruit or berries.
One in 10 gardeners (10%) will spend more time in their gardens in 2009, and 11% of food gardener’s plan to increase the amount and variety of vegetables they’ll grow.
The average food gardener spends 4.9 hours a week. The majority (68%) are over 45 years old and 54% are women. Most food gardens are 100 square feet or less (57%) and are located at the gardeners home (91%). Only 3% have space at a community garden and 5% garden at a friend’s, neighbor’s, or relative’s home. Nearly half of those with food gardens (48%) also grow food plants in containers.
Gardeners spend an average of $70 a year on their food plants. They spend the most on vegetables (56%), followed by fruit trees (22%), herbs (16%), and berries (6%).
One in seven gardeners (14%) are very motivated to grow food because of the slumping economy, compared to 36% who are not at all influenced economically.
Tags: economy, garden, vegetable
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April 7th, 2009 by theidel
 Southwestern Pork Sausage Ahhhh, foods of the southwest. The southwest is a land of contrasts and similarities that provides us a pallete of foods unequaled by many other regions of the United States. Southwestern food consists of cooking methods and flavors that are a blend of American Indian, colonial Spanish, American Settler and the proud people of Mexico. Southwestern food promises a tasteful variety of recipes that once hooked, you are not easily pulled away. Smells of roasted chile’s, wood smoke and sizzling meats are what come to mind when thinking of the foods of the southwest.
Southwestern Pork Sausage
One of my favorite foods that I yearn for as we leave winter behind and welcome spring is Southwestern Pork Sausage. While I am from the land of brats and beer, I cannot pass up a grilled Southwestern pork sausage served on a freshly baked roll, topped with roasted peppers and onions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Home Food Gourmet, making sausage, recipe, Southwestern
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April 5th, 2009 by theidel
Every year after you have had your tomato canning weekend, the stragglers inevitably start to roll in. These are the extra tomatoes that weren’t quite ready to be picked or are being offered to you by friends and family. Typically you have made your salsa, stewed tomatoes and spaghetti sauce and you really can’t get your motivation ramped up again to do more canning so soon. If you are like me, you hate the idea of all this great food going to waste. What do you do with them? Here is an easy way to save extra tomatoes without dragging out all that canning gear again.
Creamy Tomato Soup Mix
This is a great recipe that takes those extra tomatoes from the fall harvest and turns them into a easy to prepare creamy tomato soup mix that can be given away as gifts or saved for those blustery winter days. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: canning, Creamy Tomato Soup, dehydrator, dried, Home Food Gourmet, recipe, salsa, soup, tomato, tomatoes
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April 4th, 2009 by theidel
I am going to go on a little rant here. Recently there have been numerous news articles referring to politics and sausage-making in basically the same sentence. In fact, if you search Google for “political + sausages” there are 59 recent articles making the connection between the two. The connection was first suggested in a quote by Otto Bismarck, “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them made“. Mr. Bismarck was a very educated and influential leader in Germany during the later part of the 19th century, also known as the “Iron Chancellor”. He should have known better to denigrate “the great sausage”.
Giving Sausages a Bad Name
In my book, sausages never hurt anyone. It is my belief that using sausage in the same sentence or conversation with politics or politicians, is no different than connecting sausages to lawyers, used car dealers, loan originators or AIG executives. It doesn’t make any sense and it’s mean spirited.
Sausage and Politics are not the same
The sausage and the art of sausage-making stands for everything that politics and politicians do not:
- Sausage-making stands for not wasting “pork” or even beef, chicken, venison or many other meats.
- Sausage is wonderful, delicious and does not offend anyone. (Except PETA)
- Sausage is truly multi-cultural and inclusive.
- The art of making sausage and its end result provides sustenance and joy to the masses.
Because of this slanderous and irresponsible association, we at Home Food Gourmet have started an online petition to restore the good name of Sausage and the Sausage-Maker.
Take a few minutes to visit the petition at this link: Leave the Sausage Alone Petition
Power To The Sausage!!!!
Tags: AIG, AIG Executives, google, Home Food Gourmet, lawyers, petition, politicians, politics, pork, sausage, sausage-making, used car dealers
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April 1st, 2009 by theidel
Most of the posts on Home Food Gourmet are about the hobby of preserving food as in canning, dehydrating, fermenting, curing & smoking and freezing. While for most of us preserving food is a hobby, for others it is an economical way to save money and have healthy food year round. Some of us like gardening to get that sense of satisfaction of doing it yourself and getting good produce. For others it is about putting food on the table. The economy and environmental factors may cause some to switch from the hobby side to the putting food on the table side.
It’s not news to anyone that our economy has taken a nosedive into the curb. For the over 90% that are still employed simple things like being able to put food on the table is not yet an issue. For many of the others that is not the case. Having access to a garden can mean the difference of having vegetables for the kids or not. Having a garden can generate a tremendous amount of fresh produce that can save money. Money that can be used for other things such as meat, gas, clothes, medical expense and others.
It’s no surprise that internet searches for topics such as gardening, canning, preserving food, home food preservation, dehydrating and dehydrators is up 40% or more over last year at the same time. Many people are looking at preserving food as a means of subsistence rather than a hobby. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: canning, carbon dioxide emissions, curing, dehydrating, dehydrator, economy, fermenting, food, fresh produce, garden, herbs, hobby, Home Food Gourmet, Home Food Store, making sausage, pickling, preserving, save money, smoking, vacuum sealers
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March 29th, 2009 by theidel
Welcome to Home Food Gourmet’s blog. I have always wanted to write, this blog is my stage and you are my audience. This gives me a chance to discuss preserving food at home. It can be a wide ranging topical blog related to canning, curing & smoking, dehydrating, fermenting, pickling and freezing. I may have forgot some, but we get into that later.
I have always loved food. I love cooking food. The process of preserving food such as making sausage, pickles, drying herbs, canning pickles, tomatoes and so many other things is a lot of fun for me. It is like a food laboratory where one can try different recipes, Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: blog, food, preserving
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