Gregory's in PHill is the best. Last Fall, I swung by there and bought several pounds, froze it along with a couple of those little blue ice packs, and brought it back to CA on the plane with me. The TSA woman at Shreveport was concerned about my back pack as I went through security, but when I explained to her that this was the best sausage in the world and you can't buy any this good in CA, then she smiled and let me on through.
I can't claim that the stuff is actually healthy (what sausage is?) but when you cook it, it has almost no grease at all. Nearly all lean.
Pittsburg Hot Links. The sausage is called "hot" because it is served hot, not because they are spicy. My uncle had a "Hot Link Joint" in the rear of his grocery store with wooden counters and benches. The sausage links were served with crackers on meat market butcher paper, and a special hot sauce was provided in empty soft drink bottles. You could get half a dozen links for a quarter, and a Double Cola for a dime. Lunch for 35 cents!
I don't know how I stumbled onto a forum about sausage when I'm trying to learn about mineral rights!!??? hehehe But the very best is in Sulphur, La if you go to the Sausage Link!!! Or you can try T-Jim's in Cottonport, La!! OK that was my two bits worth.
Now this has me thinking outside the box. Isn't it generally acknowledged that it takes 3-5 years for a new start-up business (such as a www business instigated by the need for knowledge & resources) to begin to see some upside?
All this sausage & cooking & jovial banter makes me think a celebratory BBQ, with an underlying notion of a fund-raiser, might be in order. Of course, we'd need someone who would know the ins and outs of non-profit law, and a bean-counter with similar talents, maybe a member who knows a musician or two, and an organizer with people skills, and maybe someone who could do ad graphics and maps to the location, and someone with a location, and a sponsor who might want to foster business/MO relations. Hmmmm, a fund-raiser to help those who incur out-of-pocket expenses from drilling related boo-boo's.
Nah, someone will probably say it's too much trouble, too much risk involved in managing the moo-lah, just a pipe dream, wishful thinking.
Carp, someone gave a mouse a cookie again, didn't they?? lol
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