On 2/18/2013 10:27 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:54:16 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Or, for the heat afficianado, Andouille.
>
> Unfortunately, there's no heat in the mass produced andouille that
> most of us can easily buy. Maybe decent andouille can still be found
> somewhere in the deep south, but not here. I don't even like the
> house made "stuff" from otherwise supposedly good butchers, and I've
> tried several. It would take a hunt - be expensive initially +
> shipping and would end up not worth the time, effort and money
> expended AFAIAC.
>
That's true. I can find some at the meat market in town which is
appreciably better than anything called andouille sausage with a
name-brand slapped on it at grocery store. IMHO, nicely spicy or not,
andouille doesn't really belong in a corn dog. (Or in this case a corn
muffin with hot dogs.)

Jill