Pickled Little Smokies Sausage Food

PICKLED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium-high heat, combine the water, salt, vinegar, and red food coloring. Bring to a boil. Cut the sausage links into halves or thirds, depending on size, and place into a large sterile jar. Pour the hot vinegar mixture in with the sausage, secure the lid, and let stand for 2 days before serving.

MY PICKLED LITTLE SMOKIES

Steps:

• Place the sausages into a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes, poking sausages with a sharp fork to release fat. Drain and rinse the sausages.
• Place the sausages into a 1-quart glass canning jar.
• Pour white vinegar and water into a saucepan, and stir in the pickling salt, pickling spice, mustard seeds, celery seeds, dill seeds, onion slices, garlic, black peppercorns, and banana pepper rings.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Pour the vinegar mixture over the sausages in the jar; cap the jar, and refrigerate at least 3 days before serving.

ROBBY'S PICKLED BAR SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Make brine by combining first four ingredients and bringing to a boil in a saucepan.
• Cut sausage into equal sized links, approximately 3" each.
• Place sausage and bay leaves into a sterilized gallon size glass jar.
• Pour brine over sausage and seal jug.
• Store in refrigerator for 2-3 days. The longer it sits, the better it gets.
• Note: Your ability to fit all of the sausage into the jar will depend on what brand you buy.

DUGAN! GET YOUR GRIMY HANDS OFF THOSE PICKLED SAUSAGES!

Steps:

• Cut up precooked sausage (do not reheat them)into 3 inch links and put into jars with a few slices of onion.
• Bring to a boil the rest of the ingredients and simmer five minutes.
• Pour hot mixture into jars (prefer mason or canning jars other types may explode)over onions and sausages.
• Put lid on jars and carefully hide in the refrigerator at least a day- two days is better- or until they are discovered by a man.
• NOTE: These are a wonderful bribe to get Dugan to do something unpleasant around the house or to make up with him when I have been terribly naughty.