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Prasky Pražská klobása (Prague Sausage) Prasky is a smoked, fully cooked, ready to eat product (Czechstyle summer sausage). It is made from pork and beef with salt, black pepper, ground caraway, garlic, paprika and cayenne pepper and marjoram. Prasky is a nickname for Pražská klobása (Prague Sausage). It was introduced to the US by CzechAmerican sausage makers who wanted to recreate the street sausage of their homeland. Our handmade Prasky is based on the recipe I was given over 30 years ago while apprenticing with Vaclav Sorejs, the last “oldworld” Czech sausage maker in Cleveland, just before he retired. Vaclav unlocked his safe and gave me the handwritten recipe he had brought when he immigrated to the US in the early 1900’s. I have modified the recipe slightly (the original recipe was for 100 pounds of product (that is a LOT), including 40 pounds of “old bull meat” – kinda hard to find that at Kroger’s or Costco). In spite my minor modifications to his 100 yearold recipe, I think Vaclav would be proud that his oldworld Prasky lives on. The traditional method of serving this fully cooked sausage is placing ¼”thick slices on rye bread smeared with a little coarsegrained mustard, accompanied by a Pilsner Urquel beer. My dad also loved to fry up a slice of Prasky for a late night snack (he called it “Bohemian Filet Mignon”). It is awesome diced, fried and mixed with eggs for breakfast. Also great in any recipe calling for flavorful smoked sausage (gumbos, jambalaya etc.) BONUS: If you have a really good dog and are overly generous, any dog that has ever tasted our Prasky thinks it is “doggy crack”. There is nothing Sadie won’t do for a tiny morsel of this. Keep your Prasky refrigerated. We recommend consuming or freezing within a week or so, if it lasts that long. It freezes well if you aren’t sure how much you are going to eat, we suggest that you whack it in half, eat one half now, freeze the rest for later. Our label pays homage to the Good Solder Švejk, a novel by Jaroslav Hašek. It is the story of a Czech commoner, who gets drafted into the AustroHungarian Army to fight in WWI. He bumbles through misadventure after misadventure, destroying the Hapsburg Empire with his brilliantly executed incompetence. His passive resistance to authority has made him a hero to Czechs for generations.

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  • Prasky  Pražská  klobása  (Prague  Sausage)    

    Prasky  is  a  smoked,  fully  cooked,  ready  to  eat  product  (Czech-‐style  summer  sausage).  It  is  made  from  pork  and  beef  with  salt,  black  pepper,  ground  caraway,  garlic,  paprika  and  cayenne  pepper  and  marjoram.      Prasky  is  a  nickname  for  Pražská  klobása  (Prague  Sausage).    It  was  introduced  to  the  US  by  Czech-‐American  sausage  makers  who  wanted  to  recreate  the  street  sausage  of  their  homeland.    Our  handmade  Prasky  is  based  on  the  recipe  I  was  given  over  30  years  ago  while  apprenticing  with  Vaclav  Sorejs,  the  last    “old-‐world”  Czech  sausage  maker  in  Cleveland,  just  before  he    retired.  Vaclav  unlocked  his  safe  and  gave  me  the  hand-‐written  recipe  he  had  brought  when  he  immigrated  to  the  US  in  the  early  1900’s.  I  have  modified  the  recipe  slightly  (the  original  recipe  was  for  100  pounds  of  product  (that  is  a  LOT),  including  40    pounds  of  “old  bull  meat”  –  kinda  hard  to  find  that  at  Kroger’s    or  Costco).  In  spite  my  minor  modifications  to  his  100  year-‐old    recipe,  I  think  Vaclav  would  be  proud  that  his  old-‐world  Prasky  lives  on.      The  traditional  method  of  serving  this  fully  cooked  sausage  is  placing  ¼”-‐thick  slices  on  rye  bread  smeared  with  a  little  coarse-‐grained  mustard,  accompanied  by  a  Pilsner  Urquel  beer.  My  dad  also  loved  to  fry  up  a  slice  of  Prasky  for  a  late  night  snack  (he  called  it    “Bohemian  Filet  Mignon”).  It  is  awesome  diced,  fried  and  mixed  with  eggs  for  breakfast.  Also  great  in  any  recipe  calling  for  flavorful  smoked  sausage  (gumbos,  jambalaya  etc.)  BONUS:  If  you  have  a  really  good  dog  and  are  overly  generous,  any  dog  that  has  ever  tasted  our  Prasky  thinks  it  is  “doggy  crack”.  There  is  nothing  Sadie  won’t  do  for  a  tiny  morsel  of  this.    Keep  your  Prasky  refrigerated.  We  recommend  consuming  or  freezing  within  a  week  or  so,  if  it  lasts  that  long.  It  freezes  well  -‐  if  you  aren’t  sure  how  much  you  are  going  to  eat,  we  suggest  that  you  whack  it  in  half,  eat  one  half  now,  freeze  the  rest  for  later.  Our  label  pays  homage  to  the  Good  Solder  Švejk,  a  novel  by  Jaroslav  Hašek.  It  is  the  story  of  a  Czech  commoner,  who  gets  drafted  into  the  Austro-‐Hungarian  Army  to  fight  in  WWI.  He  bumbles  through  misadventure  after  misadventure,  destroying  the  Hapsburg  Empire  with  his  brilliantly  executed  incompetence.  His  passive  resistance  to  authority  has  made  him  a  hero  to  Czechs  for  generations.