Otto's Sausage Kitchen

[Ilovesanddirt]

Hey all,

Has anyone tried this place?  It was rated by MSN as one of the 7 Best Hot Dog places in America. 

http://www.ottossausagekitchen.com/
4138 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland, Ore.

On my first trip to Portland I was too blinded by coffee, micro-beers and the most inventive doughnuts in the country to appreciate the hot dog opportunity sitting mere miles from my hotel -- a mistake I?ll never make again.

Named for founder Otto Eichentopf, Otto?s Sausage Kitchen has occupied the same Southeast, Portland location since 1929. The butcher and deli serves over 50 types of sausage and is now run by Otto?s grandson Jerry, who, aside from sharing his family?s extremely sausage-y last name, still makes their classic pork and beef wiener out of old-world German tradition.

Otto?s dogs are made from locally farmed meat brought to life in their old fashioned smokehouse using alder wood. Jerry describes the smoking process as a ?meat bonfire,? which sounds like something I need to be a part of. The shop uses only natural sheep casings, grills their dogs over charcoal for extra flavor and keeps it simple in terms of toppings, offering only sauerkraut, sweet relish, mustard, ketchup and onions. Jerry says the meat should be the star of the show.

[cojake]

Wow that sounds good!  Never heard of it, but will make it a point to try sometime. 

[Ilovesanddirt]

Wow that sounds good!  Never heard of it, but will make it a point to try sometime. 

Fo sho! 

[grumpydevil]

I have never eaten there.










 

[Ilovesanddirt]

I have never eaten there.










 

They have a vegetarian............item.     They do.

[cojake]

Kyle can have the alder smoked bean curd! 

[tavrikgannon]

Good grief... now I am hungry! 

 -Bill

[Quick2]

Kyle can have the alder smoked bean curd! 

Bean curd or bean turd.. it just does not sound good..  

[grumpydevil]

For those unawares:

bean curd = tofu

[tavrikgannon]

Either way, it just doesn't sound good. I had tofu once..... it was the foulest thing I had ever tasted in my life! It made me want to hurl. ewwwww....

 - Bill

[Ilovesanddirt]

Either way, it just doesn't sound good. I had tofu once..... it was the foulest thing I had ever tasted in my life! It made me want to hurl. ewwwww....

 - Bill

It's not meant to be eaten raw IMHO.  By itself it doesn't taste like much.  It is a substitute for meat or used as a protein.  It is meant to absorb all the spices that you cooked it with.  So you ate a bad recipe or meal.  I love it in soup, like egg flower soup or hot and sour soup.  Tofu, unfortunately, will NEVER replace meat for me.

[tavrikgannon]

Maybe so..... yeah, meat for me, all the way!

 - Bill

[Daverian]

bean curd=bantha turd

[tavrikgannon]

Thant's bantha poodoo.............


 - Bill