- Big Mama Sausage
Big Mama and Tijuana Mama sausages are brand names of
pickled or smoked snacksausage s, originally owned byGoodmark Foods , but acquired byConAgra in1998 when they purchased Goodmark. Currently under ConAgra'sPenrose brand, which currently only produces pickled sausage. Common in Americangas stations andtruck stops .The Tijuana Mama is 300% hotter than the "Big Mama".
In popular culture
Tijuana Mama has become part of the
Bungie Studios mythos, citing in its games and on the company's [http://www.bungie.net/Inside/CustomPage.aspx?section=History&subsection=Main&page=6 website] (also here [http://www.bungie.net/inside/content.aspx?link=HistoryOfBungie_p5] ) the snack food's "mechanically separated chicken, pork hearts, and protein concentrate", and the fact that it's "300% Hotter!" (per the studio's site, "(hotter than) what, we may never know. Nor want to.") According toeverything2 the sausage "does" contain the following: "Mechanically Separated Chicken, pork, pork hearts, water, beef, spices, soy protein concentrate, salt, corn syrup, flavorings, paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, red 40.""Tijuana Mama" is a song by the
Electric Boy Rangers on their album "300% Hotter".External links
* [http://www.conagrafoods.com/brands/big_mama_sausage/index.jsp Big Mama Sausage] - Product fact sheet at ConAgra Foods.
* [http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkY1Gza24 "Tijuana Mama" at garageband.com]
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