You’ll find imitation smoked sausages sold in ropes across the Lower South, most often in the freezer section. In central Mississippi, our signature brand is Red Rose, which was originally produced by the Jackson Packing Company in 1945. Polk’s Meat Products (“Picky People Pick Polk’s”) in Magee purchased the brand in 1990. Two landmark restaurants in Jackson, the Beatty Street Grocery and the Big Apple Inn on Farish, offer Red Rose, and Polk’s gets plenty of mail orders from expatriated Mississippians who remember Red Rose on the table with love.
