Americans really overprice their food. Go to any major supermarket, and you’ll see what I’m talking about. The meat cooler is filled with ham, turkey, roast beef, and braunschweiger, all priced over $4.00 a pound! If you go to a Polish Deli however, you’ll find that their prices are much, much lower. The kielbasa is around $3.75, the kaszanka $3.50, and the braunschweiger is only around $3.00! If American’s priced their food a little lower, and worried less about making a killing, they might make up for it in volume!

In My Opinion

Take me for instance. I can’t really afford to buy liver sausage. I really like it, and personally, I think it tastes good, but there is one problem. I don’t always have enough cash to indulge my culinary whims. When I shopped for the first time at a Polish Deli not far from our house, I was pleased to find braunschweiger a lot cheaper. I think Polish liver sausage tastes a lot better than the American type anyway!

From a Food Expert (ha!)  

For some strange reason people who like sushi and calamari, don’t usually like liver sausage. Paul Suarez, assures me that he speaks for his whole family when he says, “Dude, you’re nasty! I've had turkey liver before, and man, it was no treat!” Not sure why he feels that way, but when I visit him in October, I plan to bring some braunschweiger with and we’ll see what he says then. 

Different Kinds of Liver Sausage

I case you’re confused, braunschweiger is smoked liver sausage and liver sausage is un-smoked braunschweiger! Actually, that’s not really correct. Liver sausage will never be braunschweiger unless its smoked – my point being, liver sausage and braunschweiger are made from the same pig.   

Where I Learned to Love Liver

I’m sure I inherited my love of liver sausage from my Grandpa. When he lived in an assisted care facility nearby, it was normal to get an occasional phone call from him requesting his favorite foods. One time we had to go to the store and buy him braunschweiger, rye bread, and onions. He really loved that. He’d cut a thick slice of onion about 1/2 inch thick and spread braunschweiger and mayonnaise on two pieces of bread with the onion stuffed in-between, making a really good sandwich. My father always impressed on me that I should try every kind of food at least once. A common saying heard around our house is, “Your Dad doesn’t eat bad food!” 

Perhaps…  

Maybe if Paul Suarez did a little family research, he would find out that his Great Great Grandfather’s Uncle, on his Mother’s side, was a Polish Braunschweiger Baron! After all, Paul has never actually tasted braunschweiger, but maybe he can find some reasonably priced at a local deli, and taking my father’s advice – just d just try it once!

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Posted by gokings13

Hmmm.
If Americans would price their food lower, instead of trying to make a killing.........

Funny, it seems that millions of people are willing to run through a desert, swim through and ocean, or sneak under a fence to get into America because it is better than the socialist / communist country of their origin, yet we, Americans, blessed to be born into the great country of the United States, are the first ones to whine, moan, and come against our own blessings? How weird is that??
Ungrateful? Spoiled? or Blinded? Not sure which?
Laura

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