Sheldon wrote:
Scott wrote:
I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage.

Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but at any pizzaria all
the fresh sausage is pork and Italian style both... they're one and
the same... I've never yet seen a pizzaria or any Italian restaurant
that offers both pork sausage and Italian sausage... only choice is
hot or sweet... the menu just says "sausage", that's it's pork/Italian

Maybe where you live, Sheldon. You need to break out of your microcosm for
just a few minutes. In the south we can order sausage on pizza which is
most definitely *not* Italian sausage in any way, shape or form. It's bulk
breakfast sausage (aka Jimmy Dean's or Bryan country sausage). Italian
sausage is most definitely a separate topping choice. And they don't ask if
you want hot or sweet, either. It's always the sweet stuff.

Jill

Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.

Didn't you ever hear of White Castle, or am I showing my age?

Dave Smith wrote:
Scott wrote:

I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't stand. I
think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

Fennel seed is a common ingredient in Italian sausage. Some makers of
the stuff have the decency to used ground fennel seed instead of
whole, and as far as I am concerned, it could easily be left out.

I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite into a seed
you really notice the taste. I'd much prefer they use ground fennel.

Jill

Pan Ohco wrote:
Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is
open.

Didn't you ever hear of White Castle, or am I showing my age?

Down south, the alternative to White Castle is Krystal's. Not identical but
the idea is the same - small burgers, square buns That was the place to
go after a night on the town!

Jill

Scott wrote:
I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't stand. I
think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

-ss


Fennel. Love it.

gloria p

Sheldon wrote:
Scott wrote:
I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage.

Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but at any pizzaria all
the fresh sausage is pork and Italian style both... they're one and
the same... I've never yet seen a pizzaria or any Italian restaurant
that offers both pork sausage and Italian sausage... only choice is
hot or sweet... the menu just says "sausage", that's it's pork/Italian
is a given.

Papa Johns: Spicy Italian Sausage or Sausage
Pizza Hut: Italian Sausage or Pork Topping

And I've never seen Italian sausage without fennel seeds,
that's what makes Italian sausage Italian saw-seege. I don't
particularly care for Italian sausage made with anise seeds (much too
powerful a licorice flavor), in fact I consider that an *******ization
and it's not true Italian sausage... real Italian saw-seege is made
with fennel seed.



Then I guess it's the anise that I don't like.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Scott" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"cybercat" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Scott" wrote in message
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I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't stand. I
think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

-ss
Yes. Lots of spicy sausages have fennel seeds. It provides a nice
counterpoint to the hot spices.
I caught a blast of fennel on a piece of Domino's pizza last weekend. It
had sausage on it. (And was twice as good reheated in the toaster oven
so that the bottom crust was crispy .... best Domino's I've had in
ages.)
Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.

This is true. I heard a comedian make the same comment once about Denny's.
The perfect place for late night drunks. Almost everything on the menu is
listed with a photograph. All the customer needs to do is point to a picture
and grunt. :-)



We used to think of Taco Bell that way.

--
"I'm thinking that if this dilemma grows any more horns, I'm going to
shoot it and put it up on the wall."

- Harry Dresden

On 2007-05-01, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

have some experience with their "pizza". I never understood how a slice of
plain pizza (sauce and cheese ONLY) could ooze 1/4 cup of oil.

Fake cheese, typically made from vegetable oil.

nb

"Scott" wrote in message
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Sheldon wrote:
Scott wrote:
I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage.

Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but at any pizzaria all
the fresh sausage is pork and Italian style both... they're one and
the same... I've never yet seen a pizzaria or any Italian restaurant
that offers both pork sausage and Italian sausage... only choice is
hot or sweet... the menu just says "sausage", that's it's pork/Italian
is a given.

Papa Johns: Spicy Italian Sausage or Sausage
Pizza Hut: Italian Sausage or Pork Topping

And I've never seen Italian sausage without fennel seeds,
that's what makes Italian sausage Italian saw-seege. I don't
particularly care for Italian sausage made with anise seeds (much too
powerful a licorice flavor), in fact I consider that an *******ization
and it's not true Italian sausage... real Italian saw-seege is made
with fennel seed.



Then I guess it's the anise that I don't like.

I'm with you. I think it is a regional thing, like pepper flakes being more
southern Italy. I have actually had a sausage with fennel or anise that was
good, but it has just the tiniest amount. It is so easy to overdo . . .

When my family makes salciaccia from scratch, no fennel, no anise, no pepper
flakes. But we are from the north.

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says...


Scott wrote:

I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't stand. I
think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

Fennel seed is a common ingredient in Italian sausage. Some makers of the
stuff have the decency to used ground fennel seed instead of whole, and as
far as I am concerned, it could easily be left out.


Fennel seed practically defines Italian sausage, at least the sausage
commonly sold in the US as Italian sausage. Without fennel it is not
Italian sausage.


--
Peter Aitken

In article ,
says...
I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite into a seed
you really notice the taste.


Gosh, heaven forbid that we should notice any tastes while eating.

--
Peter Aitken

Janet B. wrote:
"cybercat" wrote in message
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I caught a blast of fennel on a piece of Domino's pizza last weekend. It
had sausage on it. (And was twice as good reheated in the toaster oven so
that the bottom crust was crispy .... best Domino's I've had in ages.)

I thought the last 2 Domino's that we had were the best pizzas we've ever
had from them. So much so that I was considering calling the manager and
asking if they had changed ingredients. And, no, no real pizza joints here,
just a choice of chains.
Janet


Thats unfortunate. We have a slew of good pizza joints around here. The
last Pizza Hut closed some months back and I am not sure how Dominoes
stays in business. Whenever I drive past the local one the counter kid
is leaning on the counter waiting for business while the mom & pop
places a block away often have people waiting to get in.

Scott said...

Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.


Ellen Degeneres did a funny bit recently. She was being shown a $29 million
mansion for sale in Bel Air, CA. They arrived at the beautiful, huge kitchen
and her crew had propped some domino pizza boxes on one of the island
counters. Ellen read the name as Do-MEE-nos, pronouncing it with a pseudo-
Italian (?) accent and with an air of sophistication a few times for effect.
It was hilarious.

Do-MEE-nos!

Andy

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"cybercat" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote
Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?
Yeah, yeah, I've read all the comments.


Around here, Domino's was the favorite of parents who were hosting kid
parties, and figured the kids wouldn't give a hoot what they were served. I
have some experience with their "pizza". I never understood how a slice of
plain pizza (sauce and cheese ONLY) could ooze 1/4 cup of oil.


The fake cheese breaks down under heat.

Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...
I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite into
a seed you really notice the taste.


Gosh, heaven forbid that we should notice any tastes while eating.

Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much stronger
if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of flavours, not just
fennel seed.