Jun 17 2014
My wife was sick with a cold on Father’s Day and could hardly talk, the son and I was joking about that being my ultimate wish for Father’s Day. My payback was I woke up Monday morning with the cold! So Mon. we both got our own meals. My supper was some leftover pulled pork and greens with some of my Kimchi. I sautéed some onions, added about a cup of the pulled pork I had chopped smaller, some garlic flakes, Cajun seasoning and added a can of seasoned mixed greens. I added about 2 TBS of vinegar and let simmer about 10 minutes. The Kimchi would have gone well mixed in the greens; before I was done I was mixing it together to eat.
Mondays Supper
Tuesday
Today my wife went to an auction at 1:00; the kids went to the pool and then at 3:00 they all went to Dayton for our son to fly back to Las Vegas. As usual me and the dog stayed home. I had two barberry bushes and a smoke bush to trim. It was a hot 90 deg. but the gusty wind made it more tolerable.
Back when I was working the afternoon shift we used to stop after work at the Corner Café for a few cold ones and I used to love Nick’s Sicilian sausage sandwich. He sold me some in bulk a couple of times to fry up my own at home. I have tried to duplicate it over the years and this recipe is close.
I mixed up the sausage and seasoning at noon and in the fridge to get happy. I was done with my work about 2:30 so I cleaned up and made up three 1/3 pound patties from the sausage and in the fridge.
A little after 5:00 I fired up the Traeger to about 325 deg. grill level temp. These probably would have been done better on my gas grill but I was in the slow mode so I used my Traeger and did them on the flip side of grill grates. I prayed the patties with some olive oil and did for 25 minutes and then flipped for another 15 minutes. Three minutes to go I added the bun halves sprayed with olive oil.
I had some Saucy Sow’s Smokey Horseradish sauce and a slice of Vidalia onion on my sandwich. Saucy Sow’s is a nearby catering co. that makes and sells sauces. It and the onion really complimented the sandwich. I also had a mixed Romaine salad topped with mayo, garlic flakes, fresh ground 4 peppercorn blend and some onions. That was a great tasting sandwich!
Ingredients
Patties with oil and ready for the smoker
Ready
The sauce
My salad
My Sandwich
Smokin Don
Recipe:
Nicks Sicilian sausage patties
1 pound of pork sausage
1 tsp. paprika
1 rounded tsp. Italian sausage seasoning, I used Penzey’s
½ tsp. thyme
1 rounded tsp. each of dried garlic and onion flakes, I used Penzey’s
2 TBS. red wine vinegar or Chianti wine
2 TBS. crushed red pepper
Mix all together well and then in the fridge a few hours before making the patties. Divide the mixture into 3 patties and in the fridge an hour or two. Grill the patties your favorite way.
This is my version of Nick’s Sicilian sausage. Not quite as good but close. Even though the Italian sausage seasoning had fennel in it the next time I will add some whole fennel seeds.
