Sausage Taste Test

I bought a pound of ground pork and followed the recipe from yesterday's blog. Well, not quite followed. Along with the teaspoons of sage, savory, and pepper I added a quarter teaspoon of salt and a half teaspoon of smoked paprika. The reason for the addition was that both the sage and savory have a musty tone in their taste profile and I thought a little salt might brighten the flavor. The smoked paprika was added to simulate the slightly smoky taste cooking in a wood fired stove might add. I mixed the sausage at noon time and cooked it up for supper. Unfortunately, none of the herbs and spices made any difference as the finished sausage patty had almost no flavor. Perhaps my diabetes has finally ruined my sense of taste, but the carrot-ginger soup from Soups on Center that I had for lunch tasted fine. Hopefully, Mrs. Ames just liked very, very, very mild sausages. I'll give the stuff another try this evening. In fact, you'll be hearing a lot more about recipes containing savory since at nearly $7 for a bottle, it had better be good for something!

A quick Bonnie update. She is doing very well. Yesterday she was even able to push off with her bad foot. No plans to move her back with Edwin yet, but she is nearly back to normal.