Giving Boulder Love, Day 9: Sausage Dreams
This is Day 9 of a 21-Day Salute ™, an attempt to deprive myself of sleep and to express my gratitude for living where I do. I saw these series of posts on The Communicatrix (my very first blog crush) and when I asked, she encouraged me to copy her. Here are 21 days of my favorite products made in Boulder…or at least started here*…
I already wrote about nuts, so of course, I move on to sausage.
Interestingly, Boulder Sausage is not actually made in Boulder, but down the road in a little place called Louisville.
Nitpicking aside, the sausage is delicious and there are many different varieties to choose from. I’ve included their breakfast sausage on many of my brunch menus and do enjoy grilling up the beer brats.
Isn't the sausage shiny? Don't look at it for too long.
I thought I would include some helpful sausage research** with this post and surprisingly enough, only came up with this little nugget. Apparently, eating a sausage a day raises your risk of bowel cancer by 20%. I found this information on Fox News which, as it turns out, increases your risk of bowel cancer by 50%.
On a lighter note, the Boulder Sausage site, had this to say about their original owner, Don Olk…
“Although Don is no longer around, his dreams and products live on in Boulder Sausage.”
If that’s not reason enough to support Boulder Sausage, I don’t know what is. Don’t stop believing in the power of sausage because with every bite, you get a little piece of Don’s dreams. And what tastes better than that?
*I’ve already broken that strict “must be made in Boulder” rule so the sausage stays.
**I also discovered that doing sausage research is not as easy as it sounds.
