Sausage Balls
April 19th, 2008 by Fiddledeedee
Yesterdays talk of poker made me hungry for Sausage Balls. They were a staple whenever our weekly poker game was held at my apartment. All those years ago. The Sausage Balls could easily have been the number one reason why the weekly poker game was held at my apartment.
Well, that, and the excellent ventilation that my open windows offered. For the inevitable cigar smoking that accompanies a game of poker.
Not that I smoked cigars. Oh no. Not with my delicate sensibilities. But, the Sausage Balls gave me no gastronomical trouble. Way back then. I’m not certain that would hold true today.
To say these were popular with my starving actor poker playing friends would be a gross understatement. They rarely made it off the cookie sheet and onto the serving platter.
The serving platter was the lid of a cardboard box, covered in aluminum foil.
Martha Stewart would have wept.
I’m totally guessing on the measurements, because I had no known official recipe. But, this is really hard to screw up. In fact, if I should have a section in my cookbook called, “Hard To Screw Up.” Sausage Balls would be the first page.
Sausage Balls
Jimmy Dean Sage Sausage Roll (Mild)
1 Cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 Cup of Bisquick
Smoosh all together in a bowl. (Today, in my sanitary mommy mode, I would utilize disposable gloves.) Roll into small balls and place on a cookie sheet. No need to grease the sheet. Place in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25 minutes. (This is where my memory is fuzzy. Just watch them for smoke.)
Serve in an aluminum foil lined cardboard box lid.
Or a platter.
Whatever.
You may have guessed that this recipe is not a part of my usual healthy fare. But every once in a while, I need to shake things up a bit.
Throw caution, and my potentially clogged arteries to the wind. Just for grins. Those celery sticks in my refrigerator aren’t going bad anytime soon.
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April 19th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Ok. so I’m waiting for the cardboard to smoke? Or are flames preferred.
I’m confused.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:35 am
That’s quite a story you have below! Everyone needs some tales that will drop jaws. We have a couple of doozies, too, but nothing with celebrities!
April 19th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Yummy sounding and they look really easy to make. I think that I’ll get some sausage tomorrow and try making them for lunch.
April 19th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Enter with caution.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Wow, I haven’t had sausage balls in years!
April 19th, 2008 at 9:30 am
It’s funny that you posted this – I’m going to be making sausage balls today for the first time! They sound yummy.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I have a recipe its from Jimmy Dean and you got it right! And its 25 min or until well browned.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
We make these every year around the holidays, but the only difference is we use a jar of Cheese Whiz instead of the shredded cheese. We are in the south after all!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Yep, I’d say them sausage balls kept those boys comin’ back as much as the poker
Yummy!
April 20th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Ok apparently i am the only one giggling at “sausage balls”
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
“Hard to screw up” sounds like my type of cooking. I never measure anything really when cooking and when I do, it’s roughly measured. I like to throw things together, smell a lot, and then hope it turns out! needless to say my husband does not eat my cooking!