Fred Usinger, Inc., better known as Usinger's, is a sausage company located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on historic Old World Third Street. Plate with German Wurst (liver-, blood- and hamsausage) A sausage consists of ground meat, animal fat, herbs and spices, and sometimes other ingredients, usually packed in a casing (historically the intestines of the animal, though now generally synthetic), and sometimes preserved in some way, often by curing or smoking. ... Nickname: Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked...

Products

Usingers produces many kinds of sausages and meats. A few examples are:

• Bratwurst
• Salami
• Kishka
• Chorizo
• Liverwurst
• Beerwurst Sausage
• Bologna sausage
• Pastrami
• Frankfurters
• Summer sausage
• Blood Sausage
• Ham

Bratwurst with sauerkraut and potatoes A bratwurst (IPA: ) is a sausage composed of pork, beef, and sometimes veal. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Kishka can be: Intestine or gut, in East Slavic languages, used in English-language Yiddishisms, such as Kishka (food) is a sausage or pudding from Eastern European cuisine Kiszka (family), a szlachta family in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Jan Kiszka Janusz Kiszka Kishka (prison cell), a kind of cell in... Chorizo Chorizo (IPA: [tʃoriθo] or [tʃoɹɪso]) is a term encompassing several types of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula and known as chouriço in Portugal, which have in common the use of dried, smoked red peppers (pimentón) to colour them red. ... Slices of Liverwurst Liverwurst, literally meaning liver sausage, is a typical sausage served in Germany (German: Leberwurst) and the Netherlands (Dutch: leverworst). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bologna wee wee is an American version of the Italian mortadella (a finely hashed/ground pork sausage with lard pieces, which originated in the Italian city of Bologna). ... Pastrami Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from chiefly red meat. ... The term frankfurter may refer to a sausage as made in Frankfurt; a hot dog a resident of Frankfurt am Main, Germany a resident of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Frankfurter as family name Bernhard Frankfurter (1801-1867), German teacher and writer; son of Rabbi Moses Frankfurter; born at Herdorf ([1]) David... Summer sausage is the general term for any sausage that can be kept without the need of refrigeration. ... Morcilla cocida: Spanish-style blood sausage Blood sausage or black pudding or blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking down the blood of an animal with meat, fat or filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. ... Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and butt of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ...

History

Fred Usinger opened his store in Milwaukee in the year 1880. This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Trivia

Usinger's was the official supplier of frankfurters to the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City. The term frankfurter may refer to a sausage as made in Frankfurt; a hot dog a resident of Frankfurt am Main, Germany a resident of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Frankfurter as family name Bernhard Frankfurter (1801-1867), German teacher and writer; son of Rabbi Moses Frankfurter; born at Herdorf ([1]) David... The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ...

A German immigrant and artist named George Peters painted murals in the Usinger's store depicting elves making sausage in 1906. Usinger's uses the "Head Elf" of these murals, named "Fritzie," as the company's mascot. A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a creature of Germanic paganism which still survives in northern European folklore. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ...

It is not uncommon to see a worker from the surrounding restaurants pop in to get Usinger's products for their respective store when they desperately need to restock.

External links

• Usinger's Official Site