{"id":14341,"date":"2017-09-20T05:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=14341"},"modified":"2017-09-20T05:50:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:50:54","slug":"smoked-pepper-sausage-grilled-tomatoes-cucumbers-sorrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=14341","title":{"rendered":"smoked pepper sausage; grilled plum tomatoes; cucumber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had no plan for what I was going to make for dinner, other than that 2\u00a0ripe plum tomatoes would be a part of it.\u00a0Then I remembered that Barry was going to be very near Schaller & Weber on the Upper East Side that afternoon, and I\u00a0knew that one of their excellent ‘ancestral’ German wursts would do just fine. Or maybe something not so traditional, like their terrific smoked\u00a0\u2018hatch pepper<\/a>\u2018 chili sausages.\u00a0We had enjoyed them at their Stube<\/a> and at home<\/a>, but we thought they had only been a short-term summer special. Neither of us expected\u00a0they would still have any, but they were there when Barry checked their\u00a0Metzgerei<\/em> selection.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure what to serve with those two choices, tomato and spicy sausage (they didn’t seem to add up to a full meal on their own). I had just about decided on a few small boiled potatoes, with some fresh herb,\u00a0when I remembered I had brought home some really small cucumbers earlier in the\u00a0day. Now the meal would be neither German nor Italian; maybe it was just New York-ish.<\/p>\n

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(these cukes are only 2\u00a0to 2 1\/2 inches long)<\/p>\n

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