Who you got? Wamplers vs. Tennessee Pride.......

[Chatta Vol]

......

I got Wamplers.

[real turf fan]

I've got a KitchenAid Mixer with a grinding attachment and a pork shoulder roast in the frig. With a little sage, home ground is the way to control fat and taste.

[tebowisgay]

I got Wamplers, but then I trump with Bob Evans where you can get it.

[BillVol]

Wampler's all the way. The best store-bought sausage easily.

The best I've ever had is Early's. http://www.earlysgifts.com/index.php Not available in stores (at least not around here).

But Wampler's is damn good sausage.

[GhenghisVol]

Wamplers? Are you people out of your fucking minds? I swear to god I'll ban every one of you motherfuckers unless you hold hands and join me in a chorus of....

For real country sausage the best you ever tried
look for me on the label of Tennessee Pride
Its real country sausage yesirreee, the secret of
the blah blah is the recipeeeee so before this song
is done all blah blah Mr Odom will tell you how its made!

There will be no sausage eatin done around here that is
not sponsored by Outer Monvolia. Tennessee Pride HOT
Country Sausage is the official meat product of OM. Now,
ya'll can just cut out all this anti-establishment bullshit
about Wamplers cause that shit just dont play around
here . Thankee, preshate it.

[tebowisgay]

Whats this Y9-D shit they puttin in there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjh3c7LlPo

[volchef]

I've got a KitchenAid Mixer with a grinding attachment and a pork shoulder roast in the frig. With a little sage, home ground is the way to control fat and taste.

I don't worry about controlling fat, but you've got it right that homemade is the way to go. It's a Christmas tradition in our family...the old fashioned Tennessee sausage ball. Yummy. Except we wrap ours around a pimento cheese stuffed jalepeno. With Irish Coffees and coffee cake Christmas is always so much fun. Tennessee Pride is just bad. If somebody asked me between Tennessee Pride and Jimmy Dean, I'd choose Jimmy Dean tbh. I haven't tried Wamplers.

[humbletx]

Wamplers? Are you people out of your fucking minds? I swear to god I'll ban every one of you motherfuckers unless you hold hands and join me in a chorus of....

For real country sausage the best you ever tried
look for me on the label of Tennessee Pride
Its real country sausage yesirreee, the secret of
the blah blah is the recipeeeee so before this song
is done all blah blah Mr Odom will tell you how its made!

There will be no sausage eatin done around here that is
not sponsored by Outer Monvolia. Tennessee Pride HOT
Country Sausage is the official meat product of OM. Now,
ya'll can just cut out all this anti-establishment bullshit
about Wamplers cause that shit just dont play around
here . Thankee, preshate it.

Wow - Ghen - you're spot on - eatin' that kinda sh*t just ain't healthy - if anyone is gonna eat "sausage" - get the stuff made by the folks who know WTF the're doing..

charcuterie ain't a big deal - the Germans, French, Mexico etc. and their decendants have been doing it for centuries.. Delicacies - starting with sang de porc is a good example.

Is there anything better than a slice of andouille eaten cold? Now imagine eating a spoon full of Wamplers...

Or how about platines - seasoned the way you like then wrapped in caul fat - grill it and slap it between plain ole white bread - any ya got a meal..

[Tnphil]

When I buy store bought I buy Jimmy Deans....mostly I get it in the fall from a local farmer who kills pigs in the fall and makes his own.....Its goooood....

[GhenghisVol]

OK well that homemade shit that comes in those sacks is fantastic. No argiement there.

[GhenghisVol]

Tx, I know you know your shit. I got a case of Double D sausage a few weeks ago and that shit is absolute magic. From Bogalusa LA. Best I've ever had.

http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Double.D.Meat.Inc.985-735-6581/review/list

You have to call them and send a money order. hahahaha They aint got no internayet in Bogalusa.

[GhenghisVol]

You mean you dont know?

[tebowisgay]

This guy has been my personal butcher for the last 15 years or so. He makes a bitchin breakfast sausage. The seasoning mixes are spot on, buy them from the interweb. If you are a MFFF and pass by Melbourne bring an ice chest, the brats, Kielbasa and the hot Italian are the best ye ever tasted.

www.wassis.com

Tell them Aykroyd sent you. don't ask

[Chatta Vol]

I'm pretty sure the farm my mom grew up on was the one the Wamplers owned. Mr. Wamplers dad owned it before my grandaddy bought it from him...later, he always wanted to buy it back grandaddy always said no......the Wampler's would always let us go by the factory and load up on sausage.

[GhenghisVol]

Hey Chatta, who was the UT football player from the 70's or 80's that was from a sausage making family over around Loudon or somewhere? Was he a Wampler?

[BillVol]

Yes, Chris Wampler. Great guy.

[Chatta Vol]

Chris Wampler. Think he wore #77 and played tailback for Lenoir City. He weighed about 2 bills seemed like. Someone said we need to put Gerald Jones at QB, throw our best 3rbs out there and run the wishbone.

Back when i was at Tyner our football team made the playoffs one year and we had to travel....no scratch that, I was at Tyner JUNIOR high...anyway, Tyner had to go to Lenoir City and they ran the wishbone AND they would hust roll the QB out left or right and they had 3 big f'ers in the backfield, they would go full on student body left or right...we hung in for about half a quarter and eventually they just started trucking people. We got waxed.


At least that's how I remember it.

[BillVol]

Since you say you're Tyner grad, can you confirm something I have seen many times?

When the Tyner alma mater is played, the Rams hold the #1 finger in the air. Midway through the anthem, everyone says, "switch," and they then raise their other hand with #1 into the air.

I've asked several Tyner fans about this and they have no idea what I'm talking about. Is this a Tyner tradition or not?

Sidenote...the thing I remember most about Tyner is the gym and the unique lighting. It had a strange aura to it.

Also, Tyner Junior High was called the Yellow Jackets and the senior high the Rams. Why? Only other school I've seen do the same is Soddy-Daisy, whose junior high teams were called the Twins and senior high the Trojans.

[Chatta Vol]

Since you say you're Tyner grad, can you confirm something I have seen many times?

When the Tyner alma mater is played, the Rams hold the #1 finger in the air. Midway through the anthem, everyone says, "switch," and they then raise their other hand with #1 into the air.

I've asked several Tyner fans about this and they have no idea what I'm talking about. Is this a Tyner tradition or not? Yes. It is a tradition...but I have NO idea why they do it, I remember asking that but don't remember the answer...My 25 year reunion is coming up, I'll see if i can find out. (i can't let stuff like this go once it gets in my head ;)

Sidenote...the thing I remember most about Tyner is the gym and the unique lighting. It had a strange aura to it. Ur right, it does has a weird "feel" to it due to the lighting. It's the yellowness of the walls more so than the lights.

Also, Tyner Junior High was called the Yellow Jackets and the senior high the Rams. Why? Only other school I've seen do the same is Soddy-Daisy, whose junior high teams were called the Twins and senior high the Trojans. About the Yellow Jackets....Great question and i have no idea? ..that's a great point

[BillVol]

Thanks, Chatta. Finally confirmation on the switch thing. Look forward to the report from the reunion. Did you go to Tyner with any of Bob Kendall's kids? If so, then you know that Bob is a fine gentleman.

[Chatta Vol]

Thanks, Chatta. Finally confirmation on the switch thing. Look forward to the report from the reunion. Did you go to Tyner with any of Bob Kendall's kids? If so, then you know that Bob is a fine gentleman.


I graduated in '84. I'm not sure on the Kendall friends thing but form what some guys on VC tell me, Kendall's a swell guy. ;)

[tnjimbob]

Take HOOOME a package of TENNESSEE PRIDE!!!!

And the stuff in the cotton bag is good too.

[Napervol]

Swaggerty's is my favorite. Smaller East Tennessee company...quicker to market due to limited geographic distribution- made in Kodak on the banks of the Holston River. How in the world no one else mentioned is beyond me.This is the Mayfield/JFG equivilent.

[GhenghisVol]

Never heard of em.

[Napervol]

Never heard of em.

If you do not live in East Tennessee, you would not be in their limited distribution area. 70 year old company.