I usually “make my own” breakfast sausage, and by that I mean I purchase ground pork, season it to my liking and fry it up.
After eggs, ground pork is usually the second least expensive protein in the store.
But I keep trying commercial preparations, and have reviewed a host of them, found here, including Bob Evans, Dollar Tree, Usingers, Grandma Pearl’s, Farmer John’s, Parkview (Aldi) and others.
This week, Odoms Tennessee Pride brand “Hot” (they also make “mild”) was on sale, so I grabbed a chub. Odom’s makes fresh sausage, pre-cooked sausage, breakfast sandwiches and sausage gravy. I’ve tried the frozen sausage gravy in the past. The company was started in 1943 in Tennessee and today is part of food giant Conagra. Conagra has a ton of food brands which you probably use regularly.
This particular chub of sausage was manufactured for Conagra at Abbyland Pork Pack in Curtiss, WI.
As to this sausage. I was quite pleased with it. Not a terribly fine grind, which gives it some texture. Handsome, authentic pork flavor, and just the right amount of heat for me. I can be a wimp about hot foods sometimes. Not a whole lot of residual fat in the skillet after cooking, so that’s good too, it’s lean.
I’d buy it again, especially if was on sale, but even on sale, it’s still 30-40% more than fresh ground pork.
Pan fried
Tennessee Pride Hot Sausage Review
Tennessee Pride Hot Sausage Review