Are bratwurst and Polish sausage the same?
Chef's answer
Bratwurst: This is made with pork and sometimes veal, and seasoned with subtle spices. It usually needs to be cooked before eating, though some markets carry precooked bratwurst.. Polish Kielbasa: Kielbasa (AKA Polish Sausage) is a sausage made with pork and/or beef and flavored with garlic, pimento, and cloves.
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Trichinosis is caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game infected with the larvae of a parasitic worm. The contaminated meat is infected with the larvae of a worm called Trichinella spiralis. The severity of symptoms depends on the number of infectious worms consumed in the meat..
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Casing removal should only really be necessary when you just want the sausage meat itself. The casings are perfectly edible. If you're finding them chewy, I'd suggest roasting them, you that they fry a little in the fat that renders out, which should crisp them up nicely.
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Bratwurst: This is made with pork and sometimes veal, and seasoned with subtle spices. It usually needs to be cooked before eating, though some markets carry precooked bratwurst.. Polish Kielbasa: Kielbasa (AKA Polish Sausage) is a sausage made with pork and/or beef and flavored with garlic, pimento, and cloves.
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Even if you cook the sausage slowly enough to prevent a blowout, the grill is too hot and you'll burn the outsides before you can cook the middle all the way through. The solution: Cook your sausages lower and slower by simmering them in liquid. This allows the sausages to cook evenly all the way through.
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Sausage is a preparation of ground meat that can be found in dried or fresh varieties and sold either in casing as links or in bulk. Bratwurst is a specific type of fresh link sausage made with pork or veal.
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Sausage is a preparation of ground meat that can be found in dried or fresh varieties and sold either in casing as links or in bulk. Bratwurst is a specific type of fresh link sausage made with pork or veal.
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The Calories Arguably, the main calorie difference is in the size. Since brats are larger, you'll end up chomping down more calories. On average, one bratwurst, without a bun, is 283 calories and 24.8 grams of fat. One standard hot dog, with the bun, is 242 calories and 14.5 grams of fat (4).
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