Why does some sausage taste like pine?

[tkdkid]

Does anybody know? I've been wondering for a long time. Is it just me? I can't think of any reason why any company would choose to put a piney flavor into any meat, it certainly is not very good. At Denny's last night it tasted like I was eating a pine cone...ridiculous, I say!

 

[gopunk]

it's scary, i thought you were talking about the email client.

 

[ElFenix]

At Denny's last night it tasted like I was eating a pine cone

well theres your first problem. its denny's.

 

[spanky]

prolly a spice in the sausage.

 

[tkdkid]

Well, no its not just Denny's. It's been in a lot of different places. I find that the sausage links usually have the piney taste.

 

[Geekbabe]

LOL,wish I could help you but I haven't chewed on any pine lately

 

[Electric Amish]

Are you sure it's not maple sausage?

amish

 

[Wallydraigle]

Perhaps that particular recipe has pine nuts in it or something. I'm not a sausage connoisseur, but I've never experienced this phenomenon before.

 

[SagaLore]

Sausage is pine smoked.

 

[Cyco]

Never mind...

 

[sybert1ger]

a spice called Rosemary I believe

 

[Fritzo]

Very good!

Rosymary and sage are spices that are put into breakfast sausage that could have a "piney" taste to some people. I personally think it's the sage as it has a vrey pungent woody taste.

 

[Stiler]

or they could use pine wood to burn under the sausage why it is cooking hence the term "smoked" sausage. the fumes from the fire with pine will get into the sausage and leave a very good smell to it.

 

[her209]

How would you know what pine taste like?

 

[tkdkid]

I figured some people would ask how I know what pine tastes like. Well, since taste is about 70% smell and I've smelled pine before, I know what it would taste like.

I don't know how the rosemary/sage or pine smoked phenomenon got started. It makes otherwise good sausage taste really bad. I can't believe that the majority of the population prefers a piney taste in their sausage. We should boycott the sausage makers! Don't let this practice continue any longer!

anyway..that was fun. thanks for the info.

 

[Lunarcade]

Do people actually smoke meats with pine? I've heard of hickory smoking and such, but pine doesn't seem like a great flavor for meat to me

 

[dude]

Originally posted by: Lunarcade
Do people actually smoke meats with pine? I've heard of hickory smoking and such, but pine doesn't seem like a great flavor for meat to me

Pine Sol taste great! I gargle with it and use it to marinade meats with. Then, afterwards, not to be wasteful, I use it to mop the floors.

 

[ElFenix]

you use hard woods to smoke. pine wouldn't really do. smoking doesn't necessarily cook the food either.


i'm going with the sage answer.

How would you know what pine taste like?

have some gin. its flavored with juniper. which is a coniferous plant.

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: her209
How would you know what pine taste like?

By drinking gin.

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: cyco5150
Never mind...

Avoid the pottymind, avoid the pottymind.

 

[Eli]

juniper doesen't taste like pine, though.

What kind of pine does it taste like?

Ponderosa Pine?
Lodgepole Pine?
Black Pine?
Red Pine?
Eastern White Pine?
Jack Pine?
Mexican Pinyon Pine?
Colorado Pinyon Pine?
Parry Pinyon Pine?
Scotch Pine?
Western White Pine?
Torrey Pine?
Scots Pine?
Knobcone Pine?
Hickory Pine?
Foxtail Pine?
Spruce Pine?
Coulter Pine?
Yellow Pine?
Pitch Pine?
Apache Pine?
Jeffery Pine?
Sugar Pine?
Chihuahua Pine?
Silver Pine?
Bishop Pine?
Monterey Pine?
Digger Pine?
Pond Pine?
Loblolly Pine?

 

[tkdkid]

Uh...I think you know too much about pine trees...Heh.

 

[Azraele]

Lol Eli. You sure you have the whole list?

 

[Moonbeam]

No he don't there's red, black and Italian pine for example. It's the Italian pines whats got the pine nuts. I run over the cones all the time to help the squirrles who drop them from great heights onto the roadways.

One thing I know. I've eaten all kinds of sausage and none of it tastes like pine. You Sir, are simply confused.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
No he don't there's red, black and Italian pine for example. It's the Italian pines whats got the pine nuts. I run over the cones all the time to help the squirrles who drop them from great heights onto the roadways.

One thing I know. I've eaten all kinds of sausage and none of it tastes like pine. You Sir, are simply confused.

ohhh man, I'm biting my tongue here so hard I think it's bleeding, there are soo many opportunties here
for comic relief my head is spinning from all the possibilities !