Was reading the other thread about holiday cooking and what the old folks used to make. My grandparents always had a bowl of boiled pepperoni hunks any time we had a big meal. And fried potato wedges, never hardly ever had mashed potatoes. My great grandmother apparently always had hot dogs around a roasted Turkey or chicken.
Have any of you tried boiled pepperoni? You ought to!
My Pap was Russian and Grandma was Croatian and they insisted on boiling it because only the Italians ate it “raw”!

Well it's not actually raw.... lol, but boiled?

Never tried it any way but cold with crackers and cheese or on pizza

I realize that and so did they (I think??)
Don’t knock it till ya try it!

It's like reading the old church cookbooks. A lot of the meat dishes start with "boil meat for 3 hours". No, thank you.

Pepperoni stick by itself is excellent as a snack

I guess you could boil it to get rid of the fat as pepperoni tends to be a bit greasy

You want that fat on your pepperoni pizza!

Italian household here, so something like boiling pepperroni was never even thought of,let alone ate

Wow, Italians in Montana? I know we get around but still, lol

My kids moved to Texas, not enough Italians there to split a pizza!,

Never boiled pepperoni, ring baloney now that’s a different story.

Used to buy pepperoni packed in salt.
Does anyone else remember that?

I'll have to boil some pepperoni next week and tell you what I think and post some pictures


How big of "hunks" should I boil?

I put pepperoni in the pasta fagioli soup, so I guess it gets boiled. I would rather have kielbasa or kabanosy.

I wish my grandfather had come out this way when he came to America, both he and my grandmother came from rural places in Italy, grandpa down by the coast and grandma up in the hills, but there was some kin already here in Chicago so he went there. It took a another generation to finally bring some culture out to these "wegians" , they only good thing they have is leftsa, which I do like. Otherwise it's no wonder the vikings went off pillaging, their food at home sucked

, My fathers people came from Calabria, the poorest region of Italy, still is, tough, thick headed people, ,
but they came out on the Island avoiding the city...did the work white people wouldn't do, LMAO

My brother in law, full blooded Italian landed in Minnesota doctoring, he was a big hit with the girls, apparently olive skin and dark hair was a novelty....and it was easy to pick him out of the sea of blondes....

Good talking to you paison...

I have no desire to boil it, but I highly recommend grilled peperoni. It grills quick, take it off before you think you should. The taste resembles pepper bacon.

Next time you're grilling burgers, put some peperoni slices on the grill for a few minutes. They're great on a burger.

Dont eat pepperoni much,just some pepperets in my pocket when out trapping.
I eat a lot of boiled meat I will try the boiled pepperoni.
Do you boil it whole or cut it in chunks before boiling?

Maybe three or four inches? I don’t know that it matters !

That sounds great! I put pepperoni in my macaroni salad and it makes a big difference

Cut it into big chunks. Don’t split them lengthwise . The casings will keep them together