Sotomayer eats....sausage!!! Freepers are on full alert!

[zulchzulu]

Reports are now out that Sotomayer eats "pig intestines", "pig ears" and other Puerto Rican dishes... As for "pig intestines", it's also called "blood sausage" or morcilla.


The EVIL Morcilla!!!

Do Republicans eat sausage? Apparently not... is she an activist judge because she like sausage products?

Sotomayor also claimed: “For me, a very special part of my being Latina is the mucho platos de arroz, gandoles y pernir — rice, beans and pork — that I have eaten at countless family holidays and special events.”

This has prompted some Republicans to muse privately about whether Sotomayor is suggesting that distinctive Puerto Rican cuisine such as patitas de cerdo con garbanzo — pigs’ feet with chickpeas — would somehow, in some small way influence her verdicts from the bench.

Curt Levey, the executive director of the Committee for Justice, a conservative-leaning advocacy group, said he wasn’t certain whether Sotomayor had claimed her palate would color her view of legal facts but he said that President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee clearly touts her subjective approach to the law.

“It’s pretty disturbing,” said Levey. “It’s one thing to say that occasionally a judge will despite his or her best efforts to be impartial ... allow occasional biases to cloud impartiality.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/critics-focus-on-sotomayor-speech-in-la-raza-journal-2009-05-27.html

Sotomayer is also reported to eat other dishes, like pig's ears... which would be a lot like George H.W. Bush's lust for Pork Rinds... otherwise known as Fried Pig Skin.

George W. Bush was known to enjoy chorizo for breakfast and other White House dishes... what's chorizo?

SAUSAGE!

[jobycom]

1. Are you trying to convince us they are stupid, banal, and hypocritical?

Alright, you succeeded. :)

[NightWatcher]

2. how long before republicanism is named a mental illness?

these people need help

[Jennicut]

3. Its normal in different cultures to eat "strange things". They need to watch Bizarre Foods on

the Travel Channel with Andrew Zimmern. He eats some pretty crazy stuff in different countries around the world. These Freepers would have their minds blown.

[Retrograde]

17. pig's ears are a pain to prepare

you have to simmer them for hours, then peel off the skin and remove the cartiledge. But the one time I did it (I got the ears at a Chinese market: I was trying to reproduce the grilled pig's ears I had in France years ago). Then you can bread them and fry them or whatever. But the house smelled wonderful - at least if you're a bacon lover - and the broth from the simmering made the best hot and sour soup I've had.

Aside from the weirdness factor, the main objection to pig's ears - and feet, and sausage, and other parts - is that they're poor peoples' food. A lot of effort to prepare, but cheap.

[AlexanderProgressive]

23. I used to love Pig ears. They are nice and crunchy

My mom used to make them in the Dominican Republic, where we are from.

[MadMaddie]

4. Many folks eat chitterlings too...(count me as one of them)

Chitlins, often spelled chitterlings, are a type of food made from pig intestines.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-chitlins.htm

Republicans are stupid, can't really say much more than that.

[asjr]

6. And they are good in cornbread.

[MadMaddie]

8. mmmm.....hmmmmm

of course my mom always says watch whoever is cooking them and make sure they clean them thoroughly!!!

[asjr]

9. My mom always cautioned me

to wear clean underwear daily in case I was in a car accident. And she meant it too.

[MadMaddie]

12. ha..ha..

[Cha]

27. It's something

you never forget, either.

[BlooInBloo]

19. How anybody can get past the smell of them cooking, to actually eat them, is beyond me.

[Occam Bandage]

5. I eat hot dogs with natural casing. Big deal. nt

[rateyes]

7. The ONLY way a freeper would get a brain

is if he/she ate one.



Who hasn't heard of people eating "chitlins?" (or chitterlings?)

I've had what my grandmother called "liver mush," which was nothing but the pig's liver mixed with meat off the pig's head (including it's ears).

And, BTW, if a freeper has ever eaten a hot dog or vienna sausage, chances are they have had pig intestines, too.

Dumbass freepers. (Yeah, I know, I'm being redundant.)

[Orsino]

10. Freepers do tend to be pretty sausage-phobic. n/t

[Ken Burch]

31. Maybe that's why Republicans have trouble carrying Wisconsin

You ain't takin' the Gopher State if you're brautophobic.

[Dappleganger]

11. The way my mom described it...

when she was growing up in Sledge, Miss. they "ate everything but the squeal."

:P

[zulchzulu]

15. Now that's funny! n/t

[MoonRiver]

13. Hagas, sheep intestines, are a favorite in Scotland.

When we went there, me, the vegetarian,was repulsed. But there you have it. We're all different. Viva la difference!

[tridim]

14. Speaking of food, did the freeps ever comment on this image?

[HamdenRice]

16. To be fair, a legal realist cliche is, the decision depends on "what the judge at for breakfast"

That's an actual aphorism of legal realism, and Sotomayor considers herself a legal realist. The idea is that law comes from judicial decisions -- not some abstract natural law -- and judicial decisions are influence by the judge's temperament.

So maybe "patitas de cerdo con garbanzo" really will have an effect.

And, btw, it's "pernil" not "pernir" (roast pork shoulder) and it's delicious, and kind of the national dish of Puerto Rico.

[old mark]

18. Well, I am German/American mutt, and I was lucky enough to eat

rice and beans wirh pork last week. Also lucky enough to live near a great Puerto Rican restaurant.

Not so lucky to be on a diet now, though, but someday soon....



mark

[TankLV]

20. "Who stole the Kishka?" "Who stole the Kishka?" "Someone stole the Kishka"...da da da da da...

God I HATED that stuff - it smells just AWFUL when it's cooking - my dad used to LOVE it - everyone else hated it...

Eastern European Blood & Rice Sausage - YUK YUK YUK!!!

[Lex]

21. Southern US foods: chitterlings, souse meat

nt

[Arugula Latte]

40. Squirrel. Road kill. nt

[Lex]

41. Maybe at your house.

:shrug:

[Honeycombe8]

22. Wow. Making fun of another culture's food is not cool. They REALLY don't want the Latino vote...

do they?

I'm Cajun. I better not hear any jokes from the administration about boudin.

[zulchzulu]

24. It's funny that half the teabaggers tonight are cooking sausage on their BBQ sets

TEXAS-STYLE SAUSAGE BBQ

2 pounds pork butt
1 pound beef chuck
1 teaspoon ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons chopped garlic
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon Prague Powder #1; (curing salt)
1/2 cup ice water
4 teaspoons salt
1 pinch ground allspice
1 pinch ground cloves

Grind pork 3/8 plate-beef 1/4" plate- mix and stuff in hog casings - 8"links. Hot smoke to 155F or cold smoke at least 12 hours.

Source: John "Smoky" Mitchell Posted to BBQ List by Garry Howard on Sep 13, 1997 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Here's a list of sausage usage from Italians, Greeks, Cajuns, Germans, Latinos and people watching a baseball game:

Andouille Sausage: A spicy, heavily smoked sausage made from pork chitterlings and tripe. French in origin, Andouille is a specialty of Cajun cooking. It's used in specialties like Jambalaya and Gumbo. Andouille is also especially good served cold as an hors d'oeuvre.

Bauerwurst: A coarse-textured German Sausage that is smoked and highly seasoned. It's usually steamed or sautéed.

Bierwurst or Beerwurst: (Does not contain Beer) A German cooked Sausage made with lots of garlic and is a dark red color. It's usually sold as sandwich meat.

Blood Sausage or Blood Pudding or Black Pudding: A large link sausage is made of pig's blood, suet, bread crumbs and oatmeal. Almost black in color, blood sausage is generally sold precooked. It's traditionally sautéed and served with mashed potatoes.

Bockwurst: Flavored with chopped parsley and chives, this ground-veal sausage is of German origin. It's generally sold raw and must be well cooked before serving.

Bratwurst: A German sausage made of pork and veal seasoned with a variety of spices including ginger, nutmeg and coriander or caraway. Though it is now available precooked, bratwurst is generally found fresh and must be well grilled or sautéed before eating.

Chorizo: A highly seasoned, coarsely ground pork sausage flavored with garlic, chili powder and other spices. It's widely used in both Mexican and Spanish cookery. Mexican Chorizo is made with fresh pork, while the Spanish version uses smoked pork.

Frankfurter: A hot dog. You should know this one.

Head Cheese: Not a cheese at all, but a sausage made from the meaty bits of the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that are seasoned, combined with a gelatinous meat broth and cooked in a mold. When cool, the sausage is unmolded and thinly sliced. It's usually eaten at room temperature.

Italian Sausage: This favorite pizza topping is a coarse pork Sausage, generally sold in plump links. Italian Sausage is usually flavored with garlic and fennel seed or anise seed. It comes in two styles ­ hot (flavored with hot, red peppers) and sweet (without the added heat). It must be well cooked before serving, and is suitable for frying, grilling or braising.

Kielbasa or Polish Sausage: This smoked Sausage is usually made of pork, though beef can also be added. It comes in chunky (about 2 inches in diameter) links and is usually sold precooked, though an occasional butcher will sell it fresh. Kielbasa can be served separately or cut into pieces as part of a dish. Even the precooked Kielbasa tastes better when heated. This is my favorite in a bun.

Loukanika Sausage: Seasoned with orange rind, this Greek Sausage is made with both lamb and pork. Loukanika is a fresh Sausage and must therefore be cooked before eating. It's usually cut into chunks and sautéed.

Weisswurst: German for "white Sausage," weisswurst is a delicate Sausage made with veal, cream and eggs. It's traditionally served during Oktoberfest with sweet mustard, rye bread and beer.

http://bbq.about.com/od/specificdishes/a/aa083097.htm

[Honeycombe8]

26. Ha! And I don't eat any of that, being one of them thar' tree huggin, pert near vegetarians. nt

[zulchzulu]

29. There is a veggie version of sausage available...

...I have some in my freezer that was bought...in 2003.

[Ken Burch]

32. Is that an endorsement of the stuff, or not?

Actually, one of my favorite "veggie meats" is this stuff called "Soy-Rizo". Cook it up, it tastes and looks exactly like Mexican chorizo.

[Honeycombe8]

38. Well, I buy Morningstar veggie-burgers and morning sausage patties and such.

Healthier than beef and pork (and of course animals aren't killed). But I still have to watch it because they aren't calorie and fat-free! More so than beef and pork, but still have plenty of calories and fat grams.

[whistler162]

25. How dare she... her brother should supply her with...

Hoffman hotdogs and salt potatoes!

[Peacetrain]

28. Oh for the love of Mike.. In the midwest they eat mountain oysters

[Odin2005]

37. Yay for Bull Balls!

:evilgrin:

[Ken Burch]

30. Worst of all, she puts DIJON on it.

All real Americans know you should only eat your cerdo con garbanzo with ketchup.

:sarcasm:

[Colobo]

33. Morcilla is the greatest sausage on Earth. Period.

Yeah, it looks kinda gross but trust me, it's delicious. It is basically pork intestines stuffed with seasoned blood pudding and rice... mmmm!

[oedura]

34. ...which would be a lot like George H.W. Bush's lust for Pork Rinds...

Not really. In that case it borders on cannibalism.









OK...that was out of line, comparing Bush to a pig. We all know pigs are fairly intelligent.

[handmade34]

35. oysters, squid, snails,

pate,foie gras, fish eggs, blowfish sushi, lamb...

[Odin2005]

36. A holiday treat in my family is Blodpølsa, a Scandianvian blood sausage.

The Freepers can eat shit!

[Phx_Dem]

39. Oh no, not sausage!! I was afraid of that. It's over.

:sarcasm: