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forrestwolf — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:54:49 GMT

I really like Polish Kielbasa, or Polish sausage......SAM's quit carrying a lot of things, where I live, because they remodeled and made the store larger, to only carry less....... Now all I have to choose from is Eckrich, Hillshire Farm, and Carolina Pride...YUK!!!! I have been looking and hunting, and searching.....I found one place, that with shipping and handling, for a couple of pounds, was over $4000 dollars... Now, I understand that when a place is low on something, they will post this kind of price, and then drop it when their stock is back up to par.........BUT....Can someone recommend a brand that is tried and true, and does not cost me a fortune in S&H, to get. There is a plant in Valdosta, GA, Sunset Farms, but they will not mail order their Polish sausage.....just all of their other sausages, and it is not sold locally, and they will only sell 50 lbs from their store....BUT I do not want/need 50 lbs, especially when I do not know what it taste like.........

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chickenbutt — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:12:59 GMT

Hey Forrest! Nice to see you.

I'm sorry that I couldn't read most of your post because it was just too big, bolded, and all smooshed together.

I've used the Hilshire Farms one and I guess that's ok for somebody like me who is a VERY infrequent user of this type of thing.

Hope this finds you well!

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1jenniferjuniper — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:18:05 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Hey Forrest! Nice to see you.

I'm sorry that I couldn't read most of your post because it was just too big, bolded, and all smooshed together.

I've used the Hilshire Farms one and I guess that's ok for somebody like me who is a VERY infrequent user of this type of thing.

Hope this finds you well!

I agree!

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terriebear — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:56:30 GMT

What brand are you looking for? Some Costcos sell Kiolbassa Polish Style Sausage, although it is on a special tour at the moment. Walmart sells Jacksonville sausage. You are not specific on the brand and your font is not easy to read.

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forrestwolf — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:58:08 GMT

I hope this is better, as I am trying new fonts and colors, my computer and tablet have been acting crazy for almost 2 weeks...... I just hope my dots on every post do not return.....

Thanks for your suggestion........

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PinkyPetunia — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:14:03 GMT

Where do you live? Try to find it in a neighboring town. It would be worth the drive if you want it so badly.

My mother was Polish (RIP) and she hated the commercial products, She always found a butcher/deli that carried kielbasa and bought some in quantity and froze it. She;d buy a dozen at a time and it would last a year.

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Kroppie — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:16:22 GMT

I am from eastern MA and always loved Essem Kielbasa. Of course home made kielbasa are even better but if there is not a Polish store around you, you can't get them. Essem is no longer in business but Blue Seal Kielbasa are a close match and quite good. If you type in bluesealkielbasa dot com you can order them from Chicopee Provision in MA.

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rosie03 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:56:34 GMT

I just received my order from Koegels, love thier polish sausage.

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Mary Bailey — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:18:43 GMT

Hi Forest, try to find Bobak's

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rosehill — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:05:03 GMT

Rosie, what do you recommend from Koegels? Do they ever have coupons?

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gmkb — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:21:12 GMT

Earlier today there was a thread about Nueske meats from Wisconsin. Many people spoke highly of this brand. Of course when food is shipped, it is always expensive.

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Mary Bailey — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:31:09 GMT

We order from Nueske. Never tried Polish though. They have very good food,

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Mistreatedbycs — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 02:31:10 GMT

First, are you looking for FRESH polish or SMOKED polish....there's a huge difference in texture and taste.

If you are looking for FRESH, look up Klements Sausage or Usingers Sausage on Old World Third Street, both have fabulous sausage.

Smoked Polish is either Johnsonville or Hillshire and that should be available at your grocery store or even online.

Now, if you have a butcher available that will make it for you in a small batch or even a friend with a meat grinder, you need Penzey's Polish Sausage Seasoning, Pork, Casings and you can make your own polish. I've done that many times but it really depends on the grind of the pork, how much fat and how much water but it doesn't appear you want 20#'s of sausage although it does freeze well.

If you order from Klements, the fresh polish is delicious along with their summer sausage.

If you order from Usinger's, fresh polish, weiners with the casings on, beef franks, and summer sausage.

I believe both have catalogs or call and I'm sure these people will help you. Both have quality sausage products and have been around for a long time.

Now you are making me hungary, a thin cut piece of summer sausage, a slice of cheddar cheese and a butter cracker....what more is there to eat?

Who has the better of the two, it's really a horse a piece, you can't go wrong with either one of them.

Good luck.

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rosie03 — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 02:29:37 GMT

we order just about everything they offer, just rotste our orders,but slways have hotdogs in each order. We like the bologna and lunch meats.

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forrestwolf — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:16:13 GMT

I appreciate all of your suggestions......I will check in to them, as I do not care for the usual Eckrich, Hillshire Farm, and supermarket brands.........

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Nomore — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:34:13 GMT

Maybe New Braunfels Smokehouse has something. I haven't ordered from them in a couple of years, but we stop by the store to have lunch when we are in the area. You reminded me of when I was a kid, and on the way back from the coast to home San Antonio, we'd stop in one of the small Polish towns' butcher store (my mom was from this area) to pick up sausages for supper.

http://www.nbsmokehouse.com

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forrestwolf — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:43:43 GMT

It is just too funny that I am Southern born, and came from a long line of wonderful Southern cooks, but even my grannies 7 sisters even each one cooked differently...but still Southern foods....I can cook, so Southern, but have traveled to many places WAY outside the South, to include many different countries, and learned to cook different...I cooked many things that had never been heard of, and still do, and then married a Yankee Vermonter, and learned even more....My dad is 76 years old, and have cooked so many things for him in the last 8 years that he has never had...I have found that middle GA foods are soooo different from deep South dishes, that people I cook for at work have never had even the southern dishes that I make....I grew up in a town with no Hispanics, no Catholics, and no Jews, and basically no other cultures....Only black and white.... Now, grocery stores cater more to all cultures, except for a few that are still missing in the deep south..I have learned so much with cooking, and just now miss the foods that I could get so easily, when I lived just outside of Atlanta.....once I knew what I wanted, I could find it, in a lot less distance than it now takes me to go to a "local" grocery store.......

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Mistreatedbycs — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:17:33 GMT

I hope you go with Usinger's and the fresh polish and summer sausage along with the skin on weiners...you will be not disappointed. I just saw the flat shipping rate is $9.99 and that's pretty reasonsable since the polish is perishable.

I have a feeling you'll be ordering again before the Holidays if you go with them. True German heritage and good sausage people.

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forrestwolf — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 21:51:41 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
I hope you go with Usinger's and the fresh polish and summer sausage along with the skin on weiners...you will be not disappointed. I just saw the flat shipping rate is $9.99 and that's pretty reasonsable since the polish is perishable.

I have a feeling you'll be ordering again before the Holidays if you go with them. True German heritage and good sausage people.

I have never had fresh Polish sausage....I have always had smoked....I have never had "German" weiners, that I know of....BUT....I do love me some weiners.....If grilling is not in the cards, then I bake them in the oven....Just as I would never be out of soap or toilet paper, my house is never out of sausages....... I will be looking into the suggestions here, as stated previous, I just do not go for the grocery store brand.....Both myself and my dad love it when I cook them in the smoker as well, and I put them in a lot of chowders and soups that I make......... And I do love German food, as there is no place here that I can get it, and the BEST that I have ever had is at the Black Forest Inn in Hamilton Ontario.......... OH.....the best sauerkraut soup ever..........

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ceekay — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:01:21 GMT

Usingers in Milwaukee. We order several times a year. Yummy!