Playing With Food In Wisconsin: Winter Fun With Kids, Sleds And Summer Sausages

What do Wisconsin kids like to do in winter? SLED! And what Wisconsin food do kids love to eat? SUMMER SAUSAGES! And how do Wisconsin kids play with their food in winter? RACE THEIR SUMMER SAUSAGES ON SLEDS!  Put it all together and we've got winter fun in Wisconsin.

Was sledding with summer sausages my kids idea? Heavens no. They're not so clever yet. My children still require some adult direction on how to really have fun in winter. My friends at work and I were the geniuses behind summer-sausage sledding races. Inspired by Milwaukee's sausage races at Brewers' games, we mused about how Wisconsin sausages have fun in winter. Being the biologist, I wondered how summer sausages made from different species would compete once the advantage of long-leggedness had been removed. Normally, the long-legged elk would out-run the short-legged buffalo, the steer, and even the deer. But, with legs removed, which species would win? Curious? Click on the clip. 

To find out about the contestants, keep reading.

The elk, buffalo, and deer were raised on the Navarino ranch in Wisconsin. These free-ranging animals enjoyed open pastures and the best of care. They were buff before they became meat. So odds favored them. The steer also came from Wisconsin but its exact training regime is unknown. Perhaps being mixed with a bit of Wisconsin hog gave this summer sausage some unknown advantage.

But we'll have to wait until next winter for a re-match. The Wisconsin snow is finally melting. Winter fun with kids and sausages on sleds will give way to kids and sausages on inner-tubes on water slides. We'll keep you posted on fun things to do in Wisconsin in the summer with kids and food.

 

Comments

[jessie]

woooowwww.... loooks delicious ...... mouth watering item

[Amanda]

Glad you liked the video. The elk is still recupperating in the 'fridge. But the buffalo is history. That buffalo sure was tasty.

[Leslie]

Haha that's hilarious and looks really fun :) Which sausage was your favorite?