After my recent sausage success I just had to share this quote with you guys from a blog post over at Cravin’ Veggies in reference to a review of Gimme Lean Sausage…
“And really, sausage is all about the spice mixture that goes into it, isn’t it? It’s not really about the meat. People like (and eat) sausage because it tastes so darn good. They don’t really crave a hunk of ground up pig snout and ass. Right?”
Amen sister, Amen.
Cravin’ Sausage,
Guava
Okay I don’t have much of a post for you today… mostly just some blurry pictures but I was so damn proud of myself that I had to share…. tadaa…
err… you’re making tin foil balls filled with unknown but suspicious looking substance Guava??? No no… look closer….
Guava made sausage!! And it actually stayed in sausage form for slicing!!! Gah… visions of outdoor BBQ’s with me proudly toting in Vegan Sausage are already dancing in my head!! Thank goodness we’re now out of Vital Wheat Gluten or I might go on an all sausage diet… do these suckers have much nutritional value BTW??? Does anyone know? Anyhow, take that vital wheat gluten you finicky beast! Haha! I’d been eyeing Treehugger’s Pepperoni Sausage for days now but just haven’t had the heart to try and fail… but yesterday I decided… Vital Wheat Gluten was calling me a chump and I could let it get away with that no longer!
I painstakingly measured everything (almost) accurately (pretty much) and as soon as I started mixing the wet and dry ingredients together I could tell I already had a texture I’d never seen before… hmm.. this had to be a good sign I thought to myself… but wait… don’t think any Vital Wheat Gluten experience could go completely without error. Hmm… I thought really Jeni 200 degrees for 40 minutes??? When was the last time I baked something at 200 degrees?? I mean it’s not even marked on my stove but considered in the “warm” category. Now now Guava… Jeni’s the expert you already took some liberty with the filling just follow the damn directions!
[40 minutes later] Pulls tin foil tubes out suspicious at their squishiness… opens one hopefully… “what the [expletive]“… doggies look up fearful as I glower at the mushy mash in my tin foil wrappers… then right before I throw mixture angrily in the trash or try to imagine serving Mr. Guava pate for dinner **light bulb goes off in head** oh right… Treehugger’s in Spain…
So even though I’m pretty sure I’m the ONLY one who would ever make this mistake… a little warning that apparently cooking things in Celsius versus Farenheit can yield different results **sheepish grin**… however… on the upside if you feel like you’d like to warm up your sausages for 40 minutes and then cook them for 40 minutes mine really didn’t seem to be any worse for the wear.
And can I just end with… in celebration of other things lost in translation… a little gem from the late great Arrested Development…
Tobias (as Mrs. Featherbottom serving Bangers & Mash): “Oh that’s right… I forgot… here in The Colonies you call it a Sausage in the Mouth.“
Michael: No, we just call it a sausage.
MWAHAHAHA!!!!
Bangers & Mash,
Guava
