On 11/13/2013 2:45 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2013-11-14 00:18:36 +0000, dsi1 said:
>
>> The chorizo is Mexican style in that there's no binders and it's raw
>> meat. It's not smoked, cured, or dried. It falls apart in the pan so
>> it's kind of messy.
>
> That's the only kind I've encountered. Though I know there's Portuguese
> chorizo out there.
>

There's all kinds of chroizo out there - if Wikipedia is to believed. I
once bought some Silva Portuguese sausage from Costco. It was a fully
cooked and smoked sausage but somehow it was a chorizo instead of what
was labeled on the package. Boy was it great. Unfortunately, that was a
major screw-up at the factory and the next time I got another package at
Costco, it was pretty much Portuguese sausage. I think most people would
think it was pretty good sausage but the Hawaiian supermarket shelves is
oversaturated with Portuguese sausage and that was a big let-down for
me. What I need is a good, reliable, source of chorizo.