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>,
John Kane > wrote:

> On Aug 3, 1:19*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:56:20 -0500, Omelet >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > >In article >,
> > > "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> >
> > >> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> > >>news > > >> > In article >,
> > >> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > >> >> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:32:29 GMT, "ViLco" >
> > >> >> wrote:
> >
> > >> >> >Curtis wrote:
> >
> > >> >> >> A couple of months ago one of you ****ers told me that I could
> > >> >> >> store
> > >> >> >> my unused Chorizo sausage in the freezer.
> >
> > >> >> >> Well I've just got it out and defrosted it and IT'S ALL ****ED AND
> > >> >> >> MUSHY! I HAD TO THROW THE **** IN THE BIN THANKS TO YOU!
> >
> > >> >> >I'm proud for the RFCer who screwed you up so nicely
> >
> > >> >> I suspect he screwed it up all by himself. *Chorizo freezes just
> > >> >> fine.
> >
> > >> > Indeed. *I freeze it all the time.
> > >> > Chorizo, by nature, is practically a puree anyway even when it's
> > >> > fresh.
> > >> > I have to mash it with a fork into whatever I'm cooking it in to.
> > >> > (Usually eggs).
> >
> > >> We don't know which type the OP had, the dry type does not freeze
> > >> well...
> > >> the person(s) who told him it freezes well should have asked which type.
> > >> The fresh type like yours does freeze well.
> >
> > >Ok, all I've ever seen around here is the fresh type.
> > >Dry Chorizo??? *I'll have to look that up. I'm not at all familiar with
> > >it.
> >
> > The OP used the word "bin" instead of garbage can, so we can assume
> > he's English which means he probably doesn't have easy access to the
> > Mexican type Chorizo like we do. *There's a type of Spanish chorizo
> > that's more like hard sausage. *I've never seen it either, but they
> > talk about in rfc every so often. *AFAIC, that variation shouldn't
> > make any difference because I've successfully frozen hard, Italian
> > style, sausage in the past.
>
> Until Om made the comment about mashing it I had not realised there
> was a soft version. I used to buy it at the local portugese market
> where one got to watch it made. It was a tough very spicy dry sausage.

We all learn from this list! I never knew there was a hard, dry
version...

I'll have to take pics next time I use what I have on hand.
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein


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