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We concluded the tasting with a Hot Italian Chicken Sausage, I’m not a huge fan of hybrid sausages and this one exemplified why. Sausage 8: Hot Italian Chicken Sausage: (at this point I may have entered a sausage coma, I don’t remember, but no pictures unfortunately you didn’t miss much) The flavor was good, but the grittyness took away from the entire experience. Again the Whole Foods brand was gritty and not smooth. The Whole Foods Bratwurst was not bad but it certainly did not come close to the Wegmans brand Bratwurst. In the main event of the night, we had a direct comparison of sausages. The flavor was mild with some subtle Italian flavors but it was nothing to write home about. Like its other Whole Foods sausage brethren this sausage had a gritty consistency. We had the Tuscan Style Pork Sausage, despite its fancy name and rustic wording the sausage sort of fell flat. We continued on with a Whole Foods sausage. Sausage 6: Tuscan Style Pork Sasuage: (Whole Foods) – gritty consistency, mild italian flavor, not terrible not good, just a blah kind of sausage, overall the hybrids were mediocre if not underwhelming. It went really well with pretzel bread and mustard. It had a great consistency, strong pork flavor that didn’t overpower, and a good aftertaste. This is a classic that is almost universally loved by all. This Bratwurst was actually from Wegmans as we were comparing Brats from both stores.īratwurst can find its origins in Nuremberg, Germany as far back as 1313. I couldn’t finish it.Īfter that debacle we went back to a classic, Bratwurst. It had a terrible gritty consistency, no Gouda flavor, and just an overall weird flavor.

This was the worst sausage of the evening in my opinion. Again this sausagel ike the Atomic Pork and Italian Chicken was handmade by Whole Foods. One of my least favorite of the evening.Īfter the spicy pork, we had the Pork Apple Gouda Sausage.

It had okay flavor but it was so spicy that it blocked you from tasting anything else. Made in house by Whole Foods, this is a pork sausage with lots of spicy ingredients. Now we had the Atomic Pork Sausage, this sausage divided some but we all agreed that it was really spicy. It would work well in a pasta sauce, but by itself it was average. It had a decent flavor with a nice subtle basil undertone. There was nothing to write home about with this sausage. Next up was the Italian Chicken Sausage from Whole Foods. It went perfectly with a piece of the gigantic pretzel and honey mustard.

SAUSAGE FEST PHILADELPHIA SKIN

I ate it with the skin and without, it tasted fine both ways. This tasted great, it had a awesome consistency, and a pleasant aftertaste. This type of sausage is unique to Bavaria and is wildly popular in that region of Germany. Unlike the other sausages that night, this sausage was boiled (as is the tradition). The Weisswurst or White Sausage, is a combination of minced veal and pork back bacon along with various spices. Our resident sausage aficionado at the event proclaimed that these were very similar to the real thing in Germany. This Sausage actually came from Wegmans, and it was the clear winner of the evening. *All of the sausages were grilled except the first sausage* Now for the results of the Sausage Tasting Extravaganza! Our hearts would never be the same again. *Note, I don’t think these were ALL of the sausages they have to offer but it’s a smattering of them, the hosts said they had more but we all tapped out by the end.* Once we all had enjoyed some preliminary cheese and beer, we all settled in for the main event. The house was decorated with various German novelties and the table even had the greatest centerpiece of all, a giant soft Pretzel. Once the festivities began I was immediately greeted by my German-American cousin who was really excited for the festivities. *Sidebar, since my critique, they have taken some great steps forward by fixing some of my criticisms of the store, so bravo.* As a Whole Foods skeptic (even though I still shop there, I can’t help it convenience is my weakness!), I was all in to see if they really stacked up in the taste category to some other grocers. The plan for this event was to taste the spectrum of Whole Foods’ sausage offerings and how they stacked up to some of our other favorites. So when my Aunt’s Husband proposed the idea, at first I thought he was joking, but when I realized he was in fact very serious about said sausage fest, I was all in. The theme of this Sausage Fest was to commemorate Whole Foods’, “we make our own sausages in house thing.” No not a party where only guys were there talking about their fantasy football teams, but a literal. This past Saturday I went to a Sausage Fest.

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