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Sausage Making At Home, Made Easy

Friday, April 24th, 2009 by theidel
Home Food Gourmet Sausage Kits

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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Is preserving your food necessary? For some it is.

Wednesday, 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. (more…)