Traveling the world from home

The scent of grilling kefta sausage takes me immediately back to Greece, where my friend Fred and I travelled together as college students.  We were the poor student types, neither of us having enough drachmas to buy anything but a little fruit and bread, sleeping on trains overnight to save the price of even a cheap hostel. But one of the things that is burned into my brain is walking past those sausages being grilled on a tiny street in Athens.

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Old buildings hemmed in the smoke and aroma - and thunderously hungry, we were trapped there with them. It was both heaven and torture; the aroma of food can do that sometimes. Fred and I never got to try those sausages, but these days, I make my very own kefta in my very own kitchen.

A hilarious rendering by ChatGPT about traveling the world via the delicious smells of food (like sausage).

Sausage is ubiquitous. It’s one of the great ideas of humankind - ground and seasoned meat - in casings or not. They can be as complex as wine and as delicious as exquisite cuisine, but unlike those pricey options, sausages are decidedly for the common (hu)man.

The flavors and aromas of foods like sausages carry me to distant lands or bring back memories of places and times. These are some of my favorite reasons for teaching sausage making classes (like the one coming up on September 13th).  We don’t just make sausage, we evoke memories, or perhaps create some of our own.

That's why we'd love you to join us for a sausage making class--we have one coming up September 13, 2025. Or, if you are reading this someday in the future--check out our other class offerings (dinners too!). We hope to see you on the farm some day soon.

~John