Usinger's Christmas
https://twitter.com/AaronNagler/status/1606009164735647763
And since it is nearly Christmas it reminded me of when I was a kid. My Mom did clothing alterations, I *think* most customers saw a classified ad in the local newspaper. Anyway one Christmas we get a big parcel delivered and it is a Usinger's gift collection of all kinds of sausage and stuff. I remember two of the items in particular, first the Mortadella, basically fancy bologna with fat globules and green Pistachio nuts (strange to my eyes since the Pistachios were normally colored red in those days). Second was some kind of liverwurst, natural casing tied with the greasy string and weirdly grainy texture (Braunschweiger ?). Both of these were unlike anything that you'd get at the local supermarkets.
The assortment also included the usual liverwurst, summer sausage, salami and so on. It also came with this knife:
The Usingers box was from one of my Mom's alteration customers, don't remember who, must have been a lady from "east of Lake Drive" (that's were the wealthier people lived in Fox Point) :)
Anyway, a really great surprise gift. BTW Usinger's is still in business:
https://www.usinger.com/
But the gift assortments look kinda skimpy compared to the one I remember :)
Here is a memorable Usingers commercial from roughly that time:
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrvH2CBqYTo
The real question: who makes the best liverwurst, Lefkowitz or Usinger ?:
source: https://youtu.be/Ix71zxHGpM4?t=1377
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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