I’ve been meaning to take my camera into the grocery store to snap a shot of the extensive selection of Portuguese sausage - or linguica - that’s available, but I keep forgetting. It’s worth a photo; some stores have an entire 8-foot section dedicated to this island staple. I’m half Portuguese, and grew up with linguica as a rare treat, sometimes picked up - handmade - at the annual Portuguese festival. It was definitely not a staple at our local grocery store, though we’d run across it every once in awhile and be in breakfast heaven. To have this childhood treat available all the time is a wicked temptation, to say the least. But I digress. Since I haven’t taken photos of the sausage section, I’d like to direct you over to Tasty Island, where the importance of Portuguese sausage is evident by the Great Portuguese Sausage Shootout. It seems like Portuguese food is the theme of the moment over there; you’ll also find a post about (mmm) malassadas and Portuguese bean soup (complete with recipe).

Enjoy!