Havarti with Fennel Pollen

[DeejayDebi]

Apparently their order program had a glitch and my order went in as international so they emailed me to re-order. I tried twice with the same result so I called it in.

A very nice lady name Elizabeth answered and was very helpful. I upped the order to 4 oz each of the fennel and dill pollens based on your discussion and they are sending me a sample of the lavender and fennel salt I think? for the problem I had ordering. That's really nice. Can't wait to try this stuff. I am making butters this weekend I wish it was here now!

[deb415611]

Thanks for the link.  I ordered fennel pollen, dill pollen, and the Italian Sausage spice.   

[DeejayDebi]

Deb -

I have a thread on my forum for Italian sausage that is just as good a Perri's Italian sausage (my favorite commercial sausage) there's one for sweet and one for hot. Very inexpensive to make.

[deb415611]

Thanks Debi!

As soon as I free up at work I'm going to spend a day making sausage and try a few different recipes.  I thought I would try the mix from pollen ranch figuring it had the fennel pollen in it .   I will try your recipes too.  There are alot of things on your forum I want to try :) . 

[DeejayDebi]

I am dying to try the fennel pollen in sausages!

[Brie]

What kind of meat are thinking about trying them with to begin? I am dying to hear your results. My havarti smells wonderful!

[deb415611]

I'll probably make my sausage with pork though have been thinking about trying some using chicken thighs.

[deb415611]

I just got yesterday's mail.  The items I ordered from Pollen Ranch on Wednesday arrived.  That was quick for CA to CT :) 

[DeejayDebi]

That is fast I can't wait. Of course I don't have anything to do with them right now, I did my butters, sausages, BBQ and cheese yesterday but I will!

[deb415611]

Debi - I'm sure there is something to do with them.....   I have potatoes on the grill, I'm going to make a grilled potato salad and use some of the dill pollen.  It smells awesome, I love dill. 

[Cheesetart]

My pollens arrived on Friday.  The aroma of the dill was so intoxicating that I was up all night thinking about what to do with it!  My husband was smoking some ribs for dinner Saturday night and I decided to make a potato salad to go along with it! All I can say is OMG!!  The flavor is as close to fresh as you can get.  It added a freshness that you just don't get with dried herbs. I can't wait to try the fennel pollen next! 

[DeejayDebi]

That's true all my meats and sausage are smoked for the week but I still have to make veggies! I love dill on veggies or in my tuna sammies or almost anything fresh. I was just upset because I am not smoking or making cheese or sausage next weekend I am taking the weekend off! Well maybe we'll see ...  That's the plan anyway. I will have to leave the house for that to happen I am sure.

I just checked the UPS thingy mine are still in CA somewhere ...  :-[

[Missy Greene]

this is such a fun conversation you guys, i think i will order some and also try the dill pollen in my garlic dill chevre.....
what about trying it in a gouda?? Deejay Debi...have you thought about that one yet????? you seem to be the queen of experimenting with great success!
Missy

[DeejayDebi]

Have I thought about dill in gouda? No not really. I have been to bust trying develop new stuff thiss year to experiment much with old stuff much. There is one here somewhere though I can not remember what it was that had cumming seeds in it I wanted to make and I just got 1 pound of seeds in and I can not remember what the cheese was. I think I need to experiment with ginsing or something - sheesh!