Review: Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausage

Posted on 5 January 2008 under Grilling, Michigan Cuisine, Reviews: Products

Alright already! I’ll be sure to eat them today! Sheesh!

Don’t you just hate when you promise someone you’ll do something … and then, they actually expect it from you? They actually hold you to your word??

Yeah, I know, it drives me nuts, too.

Last Saturday was the first time these Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausage were available at the Kroger in Point Place, Ohio, north of Toledo. That’s my regular shopping place, so they know me there. The guy who takes care of the lunchmeats, hot dogs, sausages and such asked me to let him know how these beasties were. I told him we’d probably have them that evening, and that I’d be sure to let him know.

Of course, last Saturday was when Mayor Mary was first starting to feel so poorly … the day 13abc’s Zack Ottenstein chewed me out for not making her any “Jewish Penicillin”, which I ended up making the following morning. So no, it didn’t happen.

How many times have I been back to that store this past week? How many times did I get, “Did you try them yet??”

Oy to the gevalt! I’m such a meshuggeneh …

Anyway …

This afternoon for lunch I took the Calphalon panini pan I’d gotten from Chef Tad, heated it over medium heat and added a couple tablespoons of little olive oil. I laid four of the Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausages on the ridges of the pan at an angle to create pseudo-grill marks. (I also started some Koegel Viennas in a little olive oil in a separate pan for those not wanting to try the sausages.) As the sausages cooked a lot of good juices came through the casing, helping to cook them thoroughly. Once they were cooked, Adam and I tried them with some spicy brown mustard and some of my favorite chips; the green-tinged Uncle Ray’s Kosher Dill Pickle Potato Chips, making this a real Michigan lunch.

Adam and I agree the Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausages have a strong traditional Polish sausage flavor. The spices are such that the taste is recognizable but not too strong. Adam said he could detect a bit of a flavor like hamburger, but as I pointed out he’s not used to Polish sausages that are all-beef. He’d used to those that include pork, poultry and other ingredients. The Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausages are decidedly more authentic than what he’s had before.

Dutch Brand Beef Polish Sausages are 6 to a package for $3.99. They’re huge, about 1-1/4″ in diameter and about 6″ long, making them a pretty good deal. You can tell they’re hand-made and hand-packed; On one in our package, there was a length of empty casing still attached. Ok, so they use some pretty nice casings …

This is definitely a sausage we’ll be having again.

Hey you … Kroger doode … how’s that?? ;-)

Read Comments

  1. 6 January 2008 @ 8:08 am Posted by JEP

    Mmm…as I was reading this, I tried to remember what you had promised to prepare for me….ha…biscuits improving? Good food porn today…love the mustard squiggle:)

  2. 6 January 2008 @ 8:44 am Posted by Dave

    “Biscuits improving”? Me no can make no steenikink biscuits! ;-) The mustard squiggle was fun to do … and it gave me a reason not to chop any onions. :-D

  3. 10 January 2008 @ 11:46 am Posted by Zack Ottenstein

    For the record, I refuse to take any blame regarding the delay of this review. I would have happily come over and tasted Dave’s Chicken Soup along with some sausage too :-)

  4. 10 January 2008 @ 11:57 am Posted by Dave

    Hey Zack … you should really bring a camera crew to one of the muskrat dinners and do a story on how YOU feel the rodents taste. ;-)

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