Who makes and supplies Maxwell Street Polish sausages ??
Who makes and supplies Maxwell Street Polish sausages ??
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Who makes and supplies Maxwell Street Polish sausages ??
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Post #1 - April 22nd, 2007, 12:59 pmI've heard several suggestions as to who in Chicage are the meat wholesale suppliers of the Maxwell street polish, One that comes to mind is Bobaks Meat supplier, located on 5275 S. Archer Ave.
Does anyone know for sure who supplies them??
Thank+ you
.~best Regards
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Post #2 - April 22nd, 2007, 1:07 pmSlotkowski used to supply at least one of them. But they got bought out by Sausages by Amy in 1992, so I'm not sure where it went from there."Fried chicken should unify us, as opposed to tearing us apart. " - Bomani Jones
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Post #3 - April 24th, 2007, 8:35 pmI believe both Jim's and Maxwell Express are currently Vienna stands.Bobak sells a "maxwell Polish" in the supermarket which is pretty close to the original Slotkowski style (Treasure Island carries these).Lacking fins or tail
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Post #4 - April 24th, 2007, 9:32 pmthreadkiller wrote:Slotkowski used to supply at least one of them. But they got bought out by Sausages by Amy in 1992, so I'm not sure where it went from there.
You may find this of interest:Meat Processing: The latest news in sausages is in casing technology — co-extrusion as well as natural wrote: Sausages by Amy is the creation of Amy and her husband Richard "Chico" Kurzawski. Amy is the third generation in the Tiahnybik family sausage business begun by her grandfather Leon in 1924 in Chicago. Amy's father Irv took over the business in 1966, and Amy and Chico did the same in 1991. They purchased Slotkowski Sausage in 1992, and launched Amy's signature brand in 1994. Sausages by Amy now markets all three brands: Leon's, Slotkowski, and Sausages by Amy from its Chicago headquarters.
Amy, creator and CEO of Sausages by Amy, and Ed Kleine, vice president of operations for the company, gave Meat Processing insight into why the company utilizes only natural pork and lamb casings for their sausages and artificial casings for their deli products. "We source casings that match up to the customer's specifications for the finished product," Kurzawski says. "Natural casings will vary in diameter, so they are used when the customer is not concerned with each piece being identical to others. Customers looking for exact uniformity will go with skinless product." While Sausages By Amy uses lamb casings, the company's traditional Leon's Sausage and Slotkowski Sausage use pork casings or cellulose casings for skinless. The skinless casing products offer a labor saving benefit," Kleine says. "Skinless casings are designed to run on high-speed linking equipment, and the productivity is higher as compared to natural casings." The company's Polish sausage is offered with both options to accommodate the customer's planned reheating methods. "Natural casings provide more of an old-world look," Kurzawski says. "They give the familiar snap of traditional sausage products."Cathy2
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Post #5 - April 25th, 2007, 5:46 amBoth places claim they source ther polishes from Vienna, although to my taste, they are not the standard Vienna polishes served around town. They must be a custom blend.Steve Z.
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Post #6 - April 25th, 2007, 7:58 amHi,
When I took the Maxwell St. Tour some years back, their polish was custom made with no vendor specified. They were very specific the only Vienna product was the hot dog, which was also their lowest profit item.
Of course, things change over time.
Regards,Cathy2
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Post #7 - April 25th, 2007, 12:16 pmLast summer, at the Maxwell Street Express on 31st Street (I'm not sure of any relation to the one next door to Jim's Original), I have seen a Bobak's truck backed up to the storefront. Since then, I have assumed that Bobak's supplies their Polish sausages.- Peter
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Post #8 - April 25th, 2007, 3:26 pmCathy2 wrote:Hi,
When I took the Maxwell St. Tour some years back, their polish was custom made with no vendor specified. They were very specific the only Vienna product was the hot dog, which was also their lowest profit item.
Of course, things change over time.
Regards,
I was referring to Jim's Original, which may not be clear from my original statement. Reading something 6 hours later provides a new perspective.
Regards,Cathy2
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