On Dec 22, 9:38*am, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 12/22/2010 6:26 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
> > IME sausage usually doesn't do that will in the freezer--- but for
> > some reason the Sam's Club hot gets hotter and the sweet stays
> > excellent for a couple months.
>
> I've had excellent experience freezing Sam's Club's sweet Italian
> sausage. We don't buy the hot, so I can't comment.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. *Cooking does.

Yeah, I didn't get that comment about not freezing sausage ... much of
the Jimmy Dean (o.k., not Italian) and other brands are frozen when
you buy them, and don't seem to suffer. I've purchased Italian
(spiced) fresh sausage from the meat counter and frozen it with no
problem.

Sausage and peppers (like one of the versions above) with olive oil,
not tomato-based "gravy," would be really tasty. One of my favorite
dishes in Rome was spaghetti tossed with crisp bacon, some seasonings,
and olive oil. Different for us (this was in 1972), but really,
really good. Using sausage instead of bacon - also very good.

N.