Gracias para el shout-out.

The Jimmy Dean sausage came from Hannam Supermarket– not the main market, but that little “anteroom” on the left side just beyond the main entrance. The sausage isn’t always there, but it’s there most of the time.

The husband and wife who run that little anteroom shop (which is where I usually buy my armpit deodorant and aspirin) are very nice folks. The wife is occasionally curious about what I’m making when she sees what I’m buying. I usually oblige her curiosity by giving her the low-down.

On Wednesday, the day I bought the Jimmy Dean sausage and some canned bread crumbs, she asked what I was up to, so I explained a bit about stuffing. She has occasionally asked me how Americans use some of the products she sells; I have a feeling she’s interested in learning how to cook more Western-style foods. (That, or she’s simply being polite by making small talk.)

Her shop, by the way, occasionally offers more of what I’m looking for than the main store does. In that same freezer where the Jimmy Dean sausage sits, you can often find some pretty damn good Italian sausage, too. Fry that sausage up, stick it in a slightly toasted hot dog bun with some thinly sliced strips of green pepper and a bit of onion, then top it off with sriracha sauce, and you’ve got yourself one kick-ass dog.

Kevin

One point about pumpkins and pumpkin pie: the pumpkins used for Jack O’ Lanterns – here in the States, anyway – are definitely not recommended for pie. We have pumpkin varieties that make excellent pie, but they don’t have that Jack O’ Lantern Look.

If you managed to get good results, great! You’d probably really kick butt with the right type of pumpkin.

Kevin Kim writes great food-posts. Glad to see you taking note of him here.