We use a time-tested, 60 year old recipe combined with quality workmanship to produce the finest product that we can make. Once you taste it you’ll know that we put everything into making it as authentic and flavourful as we possibly can.
Product Information
What’s in a Name?
Producing summer sausage is part of a tradition that came with the Mennonite settlers 200 years ago. It is part of their self-sufficiency, their way of providing for their families. Without refrigeration, keeping meat during the summer months was a challenge. Before refrigeration the family would slaughter their beef and pork in the winter when it was cold, and then made it into summer sausage to keep it through the hot summer months as the process made a shelf stable meat that did not have to be refrigerated, thus came the name summer sausage as it was a meat product for the summer months.
How to Keep Our Product
Our product is shelf stable and does not need to be refrigerated. We recommend you store the product in a cool dry area, and refrigerate after opening to keep its quality and fresh flavour. This product also freezes well. Our sausage is handmade using locally-sourced ingredients, fermented and dry-cured, gluten free and dairy free.
Traditionally Handmade
Summer Sausage
We produce and package our traditional summer sausage in cloth bags. Below is a list of sizes and flavours available at our store. Please note not all size and package variations are available at all retail locations. We also sell packages of sliced summer sausage in the flavours listed.
Original Beef & Pork
1 lb (454 g) | 1.7 lb (750 g) | 2.9 lb (1.3 kg) | 3.6 lb (1.64 kg)
Garlic Beef & Pork
1.7 lb (750 g)
Spicy Beef & Pork
1.7 lb (750 g)
All Beef with Maple Syrup
1.7 lb (750 g)
On the Go
Snack Stix
Snack Stix are flavourful, easy to take along natural meat snacks. Below is a list of sizes and flavours available at our shop and in our online store.
Mild Beef & Pork
5 pack | 10 pack | 20 pack
Medium Beef & Pork
5 pack | 10 pack | 20 pack
Hot Beef & Pork
5 pack | 10 pack | 20 pack
Honey Garlic Beef & Pork
5 pack | 10 pack | 20 pack
All Beef
5 pack | 10 pack | 20 pack
Delicious Dining
Salami
Our salami is a delicious accompaniment on charcuterie boards, party trays, or can be used to wow your guests with impressive hors d’oeuvres.
Original Beef & Pork
125 g
Chef Elite – Now Available
Atwood Heritage is excited to announce that we are building an exquisite product line catering to chefs and gourmet foodies.
We will be launching a culinary line which offers the best locally sourced ingredients paired with Grass-fed Beef, Mediterranean Buffalo, and quality pork.
Our product is made in a Federally licensed plant, and we employ a HAACP manager on-site to ensure our products receive the best quality assurance care.
Recommended Product Uses:
Charcuterie Boards – Mediterranean Dishes – Hors d’oeuvres – Salads – Pasta – Sandwich Melts – Pizza/Panzerotti – Frittata – Quiche – Quesadillas
Words From Our Customers
Where We Source Our Meat
Grass Fed Beef from Wilderness Ranch in Ontario
Here at Wilderness Ranch we have been farmers, people of the land for many years. We go a long way back – 6 generations to be exact!
My great-great-great grandfather came over from Europe in 1826 to homestead a piece of farm land near Kitchener Ontario. This property is still in the Erb family and is currently operating as a dairy farm.
In 1980, my parents moved to Monkton Ontario, and purchased a small farm. We had animals such as dogs, cats, chickens, and a few pigs. Of course the farm always had cows and calves. As the farming industry grew much larger, the small family farm with its mixed spread of livestock was fast becoming a dying breed.
Currently we have Black Angus cattle and a few dogs which has always been the heart and soul of what we do at Wilderness Ranch. We are very pleased with the genetics in our herd of cows and have spent many years trying to create the best quality genetics that benefit you as the consumer.
When you purchase meat from us here at Wilderness Ranch, the quality of meat you will experience is beyond anything you can purchase in the supermarket.
You can rest assured knowing that the meat on your plate has decades of research and commitment from people who love and enjoy what they do and are dedicated to the highest quality standards.