Blueberry Maple Sausage and the Taste of Memory - EMWTTSFM

One of my father’s favorite refrains whenever someone was cooking pork chops was, “Well, you know, they’ve eradicated trichinosis.”

He’d say it with the confidence of a man who had spent years suffering through overcooked pork. Then he would proudly explain that pork chops no longer had to be cooked until every trace of moisture and flavor had been driv…