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Ingredients (to serve 10):

Italian sausage (whatever kind you like: sweet or hot) 10 links, or about 2 1/2 lbs of a wheel

2 red onions

1 red pepper

1 cubanelle red pepper
1 cubanelle green pepper

2 or 3 (or 4) big cloves garlic (sliced thin or chopped)

olive oil
Worcestershire
Cholula
salt and pepper
red wine
vegetable spices (whatever kind you like)

large sheet of tin foil

Good rolls, scooped (hot dog buns will work, but try for a good Italian roll with sesame seeds)

Grill the sausage till it’s crispy. Rough chop the veggies (julienne works well here), douse with the liquid ingredients and spices, stir together in a bowl, then transfer to the sheet of foil. Seal the foil and put it on the hot grill, turn every few minutes. When the sausage is done, so is the foil pack.

You Don’t Have To Be Italian

It seems like every culture has some kind of sausage: Kielbasa for the Poles, Bratwurst for the Germans, Chorizo for the Spanish, hot dogs for the U.S. They all seem to like theirs the best, and hey, there’s a lot to be said for national pride. But no matter which sausage you swear by, everyone seems to like the stuff the Italians make, whether it’s sweet or hot.

But Italians Are Known For Pasta

You want spaghetti? Don’t go to Germany. Linguini? Skip Poland. Some rigatoni with your red sauce? Don’t even think about Mexico. But when it comes to sausage, hey… you just might head to Rome. But where did these pasta pushing, spaghetti slinging, rigatoni rustling Italians get the idea to go into the sausage business?

It All Starts With The Pig

Yes, there are pigs in Italy, and they’re not just sitting at the table slurping spaghetti. And none of them are wearing lipstick. We’ve all heard the phrase “fat pig,” usually said by some kid on a playground to another kid whether one of them was overweight or not. This was overheard one day by an Italian farmer, who started to wonder: Why are pigs fat? Well… all they do is eat. Basically, they lay around all day and stuff themselves. Now this farmer thought he was clever, figured to turn the tables on the pigs. Instead of the pig stuffing itself, he’ll stuff something with the pig. Now how can you beat logic like that? And who cares, if that’s what it takes to get sausage.

Pigs Are Smart

We’ve all heard it. You can look it up on the internet, though chances are, if you’re reading this you’re already on the internet, so you’ve just saved yourself a bunch of research. But even if you don’t go any farther than this – and why would you? – it’s right there for everyone to see: most animals on a farm have a job: horses pull things, cows give milk, chickens lay eggs, roosters wake everyone up. They actually perform a task, work for their supper, so to speak. But what do pigs do? Nothing. They just eat. Ergo: they’re smarter than the other animals who have to work for a living. Of course, they do get killed, but hey, we all die eventually, don’t we? And most of us have to work for a living, unlike the pig. So who’s really smarter? Hey, genius comes in all forms, that’s why they came up with the term “idiot savant.”

Okay, Back To The Sausage

Grill it, put it on a good roll, slather it with mustard, throw on the onions, peppers and garlic, and forget about that farmer who thought he was smarter than the pig. Just remember…

Life’s Good When You’re Cookin’ With Roscoe.