Tweten, of Lakewood Township near Duluth, sent some samples of that creation along to the News Tribune’s Great Venison Sausage/Jerky Contest, which was judged Wednesday at the newspaper’s offices.
Soon after he made chocolate-covered sausage, Tweten began getting grief from his buddies about the concoction.
“One of my friends said, 'Jeff, that’s wrong on so many levels'" Tweten said.
But the damage was already done. It was as if something had gone awry at a wild-game fondue party.
Tweten put toothpicks in small squares of the chocolate-covered sausage when he dropped off his samples for the contest. Just wait. This is sure to show up at the Minnesota State Fair as chocolate-covered venison sausage on a stick, although it might have to be deep-fried for good measure.
Judges at the News Tribune’s sausage contest were admittedly a bit leery about the choco-sausage-on-a-stick offerings.
“It looks bizarre,” said judge Maggie Jezierski of Duluth. “You can’t see the meat that’s inside there.”
One by one, Jezierski and fellow judges Karl Seckinger of Two Harbors and Scott Youngdahl of Duluth tried Tweten’s creation.
“Strangely good,” Youngdahl said.
“Ain’t bad,” Seckinger said. “I would have used dark chocolate, but it’s surprisingly good.”
“What’s that liquid in there?” Jezierski asked. “I feel like I’m eating a chocolate-covered cherry.”
There was no liquid in there, Tweten said. It was just venison sausage dipped in melted Dove chocolate, he said.
“The venison has to be cold so the chocolate sets up,” he added. “And you have to heat the chocolate in a double-boiler so it doesn’t burn.”
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