Mahlzeit - Food without Borders

This is one of my favorite soups. It can be a full meal or appetizer and also works great as hangover food. 2 slices of bacon cut into small pieces 3 tbsp of margarine 1 pack of Eckrich Turkey Sausage , sliced 1 medium onion chopped 2 cans of fire roasted tomatoes 1/2 jar of Famous Dave's spicy pickles spears chopped (1/2 of the pickling liquid) 8 cups of tomato juice  2 tbsp of Tostitos medium chunky salsa I buy bacon by the slices and actually leave the package open in the fridge. It dries out, but that is what I want. In a stock pot render the bacon. Over medium heat add the margarine and let it melt. Add the sausage slices and let them get some color. Then add the onions and let them get translucent. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring it to a boil. Turn the heat down and let it simmer for 45min to 1hour. Check the liquid levels every 15 minutes. Serve with sour creme, a slice of lemon and a slice of fresh bread. -Mahlzeit-

Meat has gotten really expensive. If something is on sale, I will buy and use or put it into the freezer. Last weekend I found chicken leg quarters on sale. 4 of them were just 6$. While they say, no antibiotiks and hormones, 2 of them were 2x the size of the other ones. Who knows. They were expertly packaged. Without opening the package the difference in size was not noticeable. In any event. I remembered a conversation with another customer about our favorite chicken leg recipes. Here is what I remembered and that is what I used. Spices: Montreal chicken spice (lots of it) Preheat the oven to 375F. Wash and pad dry the chicken legs. Leave a little bit of moisture, so the spice can stick. Liberally apply Montreal chicken spice on all sides. In a frying pan, that can go into the oven, heat some oil and sear the chicken legs. When they have some color make sure the skin side is up in the pan, add some water (for my 4 legs I added 1 cup) and put it into the oven. Check every 15 minutes f