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Hank Rogers[_4_]

wrote:
> I bought some pre-cooked sausage patties once or twice for my
> brother when he was here. One was the Kroger brand and the
> other was from Walmart. The one from Wally World was packaged
> as 'spicy.' Neither were spicy or flavorful; about all I can say is they
> were ground pork. Both are quite disappointing. One reason I bought
> them is they're larger patties than what you can slice off a 1-pound roll.
>
> Today I plopped two in a skillet to brown them a bit as I always do.
> But I opted for a light shake on each side of garlic & herb seasoning.
> This is just like the Mrs. Dash stuff but a different brand. Oh boy, what
> a difference, just what these sad patties needed! Next time I will go a
> bit more with the seasoning as I wasn't sure they would even be fit to eat.
>
> I've also purchased Kroger's grilled and cubed chicken breasts to eat
> in a salad. They are to be placed in a skillet with ¼ cup of water,
> covered, and heated for about 12 minutes. They smell wonderful
> when the bag is opened but are just too bland once heated. The
> second time I heated them I added 4 or 5 healthy shakes of
> McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Chicken Seasoning and proceeded.
> Another hit and super flavorful!
>

A lot of prepared food is bland deliberately. You can always doctor
it up, but can't do much if its already loaded with too much stuff,
especially hot peppers.