There are two places in the world where you can reasonably expect to get a damn fine bratwurst. One place is Germany. The other is Wisconsin. With its German heritage and die-hard football fans, Wisconsin is the natural place to ...
Simple Winter Pork Sausage These are incredibly aromatic sausages that make your whole house or tailgate smell like porky holiday heaven. You can bang out a season’s worth of sausage in a couple hours. Spices here are heavy handed—reduce (or ...
Viktualienmarkt, Munich; www.viktualienmarkt-muenchen.de—I cried when I first saw Munich’s “victuals market,” for there were no more meat worlds left to conquer. The outdoor market is filled by butcher shops, food stalls, beer gardens and plenty of Bavarian specialties. Zeughauskeller, 28a ...
Anvers ham—Tender, dry-aged Flemish prosciutto, made from horse meat. Recommended beer: De Koninck. Cob-smoked bacon—A tradition in the farms and smokehouses of rural Vermont; pungent, sliced thick and often cured with maple syrup. Recommended beer: Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter. Landjaeger—Germany’s ...
Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game by John J. Mettler (Storey Publishing, 1986)—An easy-to-follow, hands-on guide for turning rabbits into roasts and steers into steaks (along with plenty of animals in between), including the tools needed for each job. Great ...
There are a surprising number of farms that raise pigs for the public, even around major metropolitan areas. Look up pig farms in your area and contact them in the spring or early summer and ask if they’ll save a ...
The first problem with butchering pigs is transportation—that is, assuming you don’t live on an actual pig farm, which, admittedly, would be nice....
Guinness, the name, appears on beers brewed in 50 different countries and sold in 100 more. Guinness the name, then, is one of the world’s great global brands. Guinness the name appears on something else rather remarkable, the best-selling copyrighted ...
