Organic and Kosher Chicken Sausage At Whole Foods - Thumbs Up

[omotosando]

I finally found something decent to eat at Whole Foods (the chain I love to hate). My local store in Beverly Hills just started carrying Neshama brand kosher and organic chicken sausage. I tried the Spicy Italian and they are very good and, according to the label, glatt kosher.

[midasgold]

We love 'em, though they are pricy. How much were they at Whole Foods? I've seen them for the past couple of years at the NYC-area kosher supermarkets and non-kosher supermarkets for between $6.49 and $7.89 per pack. All flavors except for the mergues are fully cooked and sold refrigerated (if you find 'em frozen, that probably means that they didn't sell and were thrown in the freezer), while the merguez flavor is not cooked and, therefore, supposed to be sold frozen; if you find it being sold in the refrigerated section, watch out...

[koshergourmetmart]

i've seen the non organic at shop rite in east brunswick for $5-99 to $6.99 each

[omotosando]

They were $7.99 at Whole Foods. I guess that is why they call it Whole Paycheck.

[SIMIHOUND]

If I was in in Beverly Hills I would skip WF and go to Jeff's.

[jlq3d3]

I agree. Jeff's is excellent.

[Chava1]

We buy them in Beverly HIlls as well. My husband likes the smoked andouille because they're a little spicier. All the flavors are great. I appreciate there's a product out there that combines kosher and organic. Not very many of them.

[midasgold]

We love the Neshama sausages as well; in fact, we just bought some in Las Vegas (for around $6.49 per pack) at the Albertson's supermarket and shlepped them to the Grand Canyon. We used a George Forman-type indoor grill to cook 'em up in no time flat; they were delicious and wholesome.

A word of caution that bears repeating: If you encounter the MERGUEZ variety of Neshama sausages being sold in the refrigerated section, don't buy it; report it to the store manager as this one variety is uncooked and is supposed to remain frozen until it's cooked. All other varieties of Neshama sausages may be sold either refrigerated or frozen.

-Midas

[ferret]

For a parve option, Field Roast makes a very good vegan sausage (and I'm a red meat fan) - kosher and parve and available at Whole Foods.

[zsero]

Field Roast is kosher? Not the last time I checked the packaging, and the web site doesn't seem to mention anything about it.

[Kosher Carnivore]

I contacted Field Roast by e-mail. They are definitely not under supervision by any kashrut agency.