Monroe Sausage is an American brand of hickory-smoked pork sausage created in Monroe County, Alabama. It is produced using natural casing.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Website | monroesausage |
 Monroe sausage cooked in a pan. | |
| Type | Sausage |
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| Place of origin | Monroeville, Alabama |
| Associated cuisine | Cuisine of the Southern United States |
| Main ingredients | Ground pork |
History
editMonroe sausage was created in the early 1940s when an unknown family started Monroe Meats and Cold Storage. The sausage gained local fame in the late 1940s by being used in sausage biscuits during the annual Monroeville Hog Festival.[1] However, the facility that produced Monroe Sausage was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, leading to its closure. In 2007, a group of investors reopened the plant in Beatrice, Alabama.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kornegay, Jennifer (2021-12-26). "Smoked in Alabama: Sausage companies linked by pride in their process, products". Alabama News Center.
- ^ Carlton, Bob (2021-10-06). "The 'best dern sausage' around is made right here in Alabama". al. Retrieved 2024-07-19.