[ConnieInGa]

my s.o. brought home some cocktail smokies.
any ideas on what to do with them??
i don't care for them.. and he'll eat ANYTHING!!
well, except beets!! lol

in my google search, there are A LOT of recipes that say cook them with chili sauce (have that) and grape jelly (don't have that).
i only have grape jam. i wonder if i could just use the jam instead of jelly.. hmmm..

doesn't sound too appetizing to me.


any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

~~ Connie

[allie]

Those recipes make a sweet and sour type of bbq sauce. It is good but I prefer it with meatballs over cocktail smokies.

The only way I like those is to make little appetizers with them. Take the colored toothpicks and put a spanish olive, then a cube of cheese (cheddar is good) and then a cocktail smokey. While it's not my favorite, those things disappear quickly at a party!

Oh yeah, you can do little pigs in a blanket using those as well. I made some cheddar biscuit dough once and molded it around them. The kids loved it!

[henry]

I make little pigs in a blanket to bring to gatherings and they dissappear quickly. I get a tube of croissant dough, cut each croissant into 3 long narrow trianges (with a pizza cutter), and roll up a little smokie. Egg wash before baking if you want. they puff up and look like little snails. Serve with several sauces for variety.

The BBQ people make something called an ABT (atomic buffalo turd) by putting creamed cheese, spices, and little smokie into a halved and cored jalapeno, wrapping it in bacon and smoking it. Here's a pictoral presentation on that.
The Smoke Ring :: View topic - The Basics of ABT’s

Very tasty if you like some heat, but not all jalapenos are created equal.


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[Mezzaluna]

I've used sausages like this in a pinch when I was making soup that included smoked sausage, like a split pea soup. I wouldn't put the sausages in the soup too soon, though, as they'll lose their flavor too much with long simmering.

[phatch]

Wrap in bacon, broil and serve with barbecue sauce.

lightly oil, shake on some barbecue rub. Grill or broil a bit and keep that barbecue sauce handy. A mustard based sauce is good with these.

Phil

[RouxTheDay]

Variations on henry's idea of pigs in blankets...

Hubby loves them, so I sometimes I'll wrap puff pastry around some "good" ones made by Boar's Head. They're more like miniature beef hot dogs with casings, and actually not too bad. Don't much like those Lil Smokes tho'

You can also wrap them in phyllo dough or won ton wrappers.

[gtull1]

I'm a big fan of just cooking them in BBQ sauce in a crock pot.

[lentil]

This thread is funny because I've been a snob about cocktail franks of any kind. People would ask for them and I'd say I don't do them. This holiday season, I had to do 100 pigs in a blanked for a catering job. I had my nose up in the air UNTIL I tried one of them. OMG! Were they ever good! So for my family holiday party, I bought the smoked ones and my DH turned his nose up but I said "just wait" Those things were the first thing to go.

I'd do them again any day!