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| Bicultural Mama with a custom-made sausage meal at the Hillshire Farm booth -- BlogHer 2012. Photo: Maria Adcock |
When I attended the BlogHer12 conference in New York City earlier this month, I visited
the Hillshire Farm booth in the Expo center. Hillshire Farm created this
impressive set up where conference participants could have chefs create meals
of their choice right away. I tried it out and within minutes I was eating a
delicious mini meal made with Hillshire Farm sausage.
Growing up in a Chinese household, we did not eat Polska (Polish)
Kielbasa or deli meats. The only sausage we ate was Chinese sausage and if we
had a sandwich it was made with Chinese barbeque pork. I never bought Hillshire
Farm products until I was an adult – specifically, after I had a baby.
As new moms know, once you have a baby your free time is
zero. Cooking was another chore to add to the never ending list, so I looked
for short cuts. I bought Hillshire Farm sausage because I had a coupon and
these sausages were pre-cooked (i.e. time-saver).
I found a recipe on the internet called “Sausage and
Peppers.” I used Hillshire Farm Polska Kielbasa in the dish. When hubby got
home I proudly told him I had made an “American” meal (which to me was any meal
that I did not grow up with). Hubby kindly pointed out that it wasn’t really
“American” since I was using "Polish" sausage and that “Sausage and Peppers” was
a traditional Italian recipe (which by the way requires Italian Sweet Sausage,
not Polska Kielbasa). In other words, I ended up with a fusion dish (hey, America a
melting pot so this fits). Hubby ate all the Polska Kielbasa and admitted
it was tasty.
Now for the good stuff…
How to Enter the
Bicultural Mama Giveaway
THREE (3) lucky readers will win a coupon for one FREE
Hillshire Farm product! To enter, please complete the entry form below.
Winning entry will be verified. Giveaway ends at midnight on 9/7/12. Please see
terms and conditions in the entry form for additional information.
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Disclosure: I received
two Hillshire Farm coupons for free product (same as the giveaway prize). Now I
can experiment with more fusion dishes. All opinions expressed are solely those
of the author.
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