A Great Appetizer - Rum Sausages

Party time! A retro recipe from the 80's is Rum Sausages


Rum Sausages
1 one-pound package brown and serve sausages
1/2 cup brown sugar  (light brown)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup golden rum (any kind will do)


Mix sugar, soy sauce and rum.  Brown sausages on one side, turn and cut into thirds.  Cover with mixture and simmer, turning sausages now and then so they absorb the sauce.  May be made ahead and reheated.  Serve with toothpicks.

Can't get any easier or tastier than this.  Jimmy Dean Heat 'n Serve Sausage work well in this recipe.  Buy a good quality sausage. 

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Behold.

These appetizer offerings were both tasty. The shrimp have the added virtue of being rather low fat and have nice color The bacon is, well, bacon.

Yesterday's New York Times had the "ultimate" bacon dish--sausage wrapped in beaucoup bacon. Looked like an artery-clogging calorie bomb. Sometimes just a little bit is enough.

My chocolate cake, which we forgot to photograph but not to eat, is made entirely in a food processor except for some beaten egg whites. Lots of instant espresso powder added. Zowie, was it ever moist and yummy and easy to bake and from scratch. I used low-fat Bulgarian yogurt instead of sour cream with no sacrific to moistness or flavor. Email me if you want the recipe.

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