8 packers Recipes

cream cheese, shredded colby or cheddar cheese, half and half, good beer, dijon(whole grain or honey dijon would both work well), onion, grated, garlic, minced, smoked paprika or 2tsp sweet paprika and a dash of liquid smoke, worcestershire sauce, kosher or sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, smoked sausage, chopped (i used specialty sausages, but any of your favorite precooked sausage would do, just don tsp use partially cooked or raw), baguette, sliced into rounds, olive oil

ham bone , meaty or 1 large smoked ham shank, split peas, green, split peas, yellow, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped fine, bay leaf, oregano, chicken bouillon , base, original pleasoning seasoning (sub 1/2 tbsp celery salt, if not available), cold water, carrots, grated fine, celery, chopped fine, tomatoes, chopped (optional), potatoes, peeled & shredded (optional)

bratwurst, light beer, onion, sliced, chopped garlic, hard rolls or 16 bratwurst or hoagie buns, split, butter kraut , recipe follows, ketchup , for serving, brown mustard , for serving, chopped onion , for serving

pie crusts (partially baked with edges covered so they brown later), eggs, beaten, half-and-half, flour, paprika, salt, mustard (brown or honey), shredded cheese, young asparagus spears (thin ones ), plum tomato, thinly sliced

beef brisket , packer trimmed (about 15 lbs.), lea & perrins worcestershire sauce, season all, mccormick garlic powder, cayenne pepper, mccormick smoked paprika

marinated herring in wine sauce, spanish onion peeled and diced, yellow pepper cleaned, seeded, cored and diced, whole jalapeno pepper (optional-to taste) seeded, cored and minced, fresh cilantro minced, whole juice of 1 lemon