| When one thinks of sausage, the usual first thought is | | | | Frying sausages with cut peppers and onions makes a |
| of sausage as an ingredient for transforming a | | | | meal that is sure to please. Cook the sausages until |
| marinara tomato sauce into a rich tasting tomato | | | | they brown, then add the peppers and onions, and stir |
| gravy for pasta. Brown the sausage in a little olive oil | | | | fry until cooked. Pile the mixture into Italian bread or |
| using a large pot, add the pureed tomatoes into the | | | | hoagies, serve with a salad, and have dinner on the |
| same pot, and cook covered for an hour. | | | | table in no time. |
| After this is when to add tomato paste for thickening, | | | | Another way of cooking sausages is in the oven, with |
| stir, cover again, and let simmer for a few hours more. | | | | many taste-tempting combinations to make any meal |
| Most chefs advise using tongs when cooking | | | | special. One particularly easy, yet wonderfully delicious |
| sausages to not pierce them in order to retain their | | | | meal is to peel and cut up potatoes to add with the |
| flavorful juices, but this is the exception to the rule | | | | sausages in a pan with a little olive oil. Bake at 350 |
| where piercing with a fork allows those juices to be | | | | degrees until the sausage and potatoes start to brown |
| absorbed into the tomatoes for some slow cooking | | | | a little, then add a can of peas and cook for another |
| magic. | | | | half hour. |
| Occasionally stir during the hours of simmering to | | | | When barbeque season arrives, cooking sausages on |
| prevent any bottom burning, and be sure that the | | | | a grill offers a scrumptious alternative or addition to hot |
| temperature is set low to simmer. Make a huge batch | | | | dogs and burgers. Here is when the use of tongs |
| to have enough to freeze and save, giving the | | | | preserves all the juicy flavors of the sausages within |
| convenience of store bought jars of sauce at a | | | | the crisp smoked barbeque shell, making every bite |
| fraction of the cost, with the home cooked delicious | | | | contain a burst of taste. As a tip to ensure this |
| taste with which no store bought sauce can ever | | | | juiciness on the hot grill, boil the sausages first before |
| compete. | | | | putting them on the barbeque. |