John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Where can I find chinese sausage in new york?

In Chinatown, long-running Pasteur Grill and Noodles (85 Baxter St, 212-608-3656) offers a deluxe fried rice that contains the same sausage, here called “Vietnamese sausage.” Top photo: Bar Omar’s sausages by Khushbu Shah. Anyway, New York City seems to have an infinite variety of “tube steaks” from dozens of different cultures. We have our venerable …

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Where do cumberland sausages come from?

Technically speaking, a Cumberland sausage has to be made in Cumbria in the UK because it has a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, but many recipes for home-made Cumberland sausages still exist. Recipes usually include pork belly, pork shoulder, and seasonings such as nutmeg, sage, marjoram, and cayenne pepper. A campaign was made by some …

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Are sausages german?

As with breads and beers, sausages are main components of German cuisine. You can find close to 1,500 varieties across the regions, a great number of states, cities, or even towns have their own signature ways to mince, mesh and stuff meat, bacon, salt and spices into a casing made from intestines or other materials. …

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