In a couple of weeks, Mr. travelmad478 and I will be having our annual Hurricane Season Freezer Cleanout Potluck. In addition to the 13-lb brisket that a friend gave us when she was moving out of town, we’ve also got two pounds of the abovementioned sausage that another friend gave us from one of his hunting-expedition deer meat hauls. I’m kind of racking my brain to come up with what I might do with it to serve a party full of people. It would be easy, but boring, to just grill it, slice it in inch-long pieces, and put a bowl of toothpicks next to them. What else? (Please don’t suggest tacos, because tortillas will dry out as they sit there over several hours, and I’ve got enough to do without jumping up every 20 minutes to steam tortillas.)
Would a sausage strata be too breakfast-y?
How about a gumbo?
Sausage burnt ends. Cook the sausages on low heat, when they’re done cut them into toothpicky pieces and put them in a pan with a good amount of brown sugar, then add a couple tablespoons of butter and a small drizzle of honey. Add some of your favorite BBQ sauce & cook over a smoky grill for an hour. The jalapeños cut the sweetness and they’re delicious. Google "jalapeño sausage burnt ends"and you’ll hit a specific recipe.
It would be a labor of love, but slicing lengthwise and stuffing them into atomic buffalo turds would be awesome.
Big kettle of water, beer, and onions. Serve them as dirty water dogs on heartier bread like bolillos. Usual toppings.
We just had taco Tuesday dinner, grilled chicken thighs. We throw the tortillas right on the stove burner or grill to char them a bit. Put some tongs or culinary tweezers and a pile of tortillas by the stove. Show everyone how and let them do their own. They’ll have a blast and talk about it FFE.
Like I do with most mystery proteins, I’d chop it all up and make a classic ragu Bolognese.
Sausage and bean casserole?
Is the sausage cured, like salami? Or is it raw, in casings? My answer would depend on your answer.
How about fried rice? Chop up and brown well first. (Kimchi fried rice would be another level up.)
Quesadillas? There’s enough oil on the outside for them not to dry out (and I’ve eaten plenty of cold and lukewarm quesadillas that still tasted good).
You could treat them like what I think of as open house meatballs - cut into chunks, braise in a sauce of your choosing, and leave slider rolls next to them for people to help themselves. (Potatoes would be good mixed in, if you need to extend them.)
They’d be good in pasta too, or on top of pizza / flatbread.
Raw in casings. You have to cook it.
This is weird enough to be interesting. Would all that clash with the cheese in the sausage, though? The cheese part is what’s giving me a headache.
This is a possibility—I could try a sort of Spanish tortilla thing with potato and egg.
Yes! And onion.
Here is a link to a recipe specifically using jalapeno and cheese sausage. The site is owned by Char-Griller Grills.
Argh, requires a smoker, which I don’t have. I suppose I could put some wet hickory pieces in a foil pan in the grill, but I’m probably too lazy for that 
That ONE thing is what I miss most about gas. Just pitch the tortillas on the burner. Don’t try that on a glass top. But, I have not evolved into using my homemade pepper sauce on the tortilla, rub it around so one side of the tortilla has it on, and hit a lightly oiled CI pan with it, so the pepper sauce burns into it. flip it over just to heat the other side and fill the first, sauced side, with the goodies. Still, I miss just charing them.
nothing says party like atomic buffalo turds.
Deer Jalapeño Cheese Toad in the Hole!
Or a queso fundido with crumbled sausage.
I prefer la Merde Atomique Buffolaise, from the Atomique region of France.
