On the bright side, these recipes all feature one Jimmy Dean product as the star of the show and that's Jimmy Dean Sausage Rolls. You know those gold packages that are in a roll at the grocery store?

These smoked sausage recipes are a fairly diverse lot ... the word simply translates to "sausage," so even Jimmy Dean's ...

Dean founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company in 1969, and he appeared in its TV ads for many years, even after the Sara Lee Corporation bought Dean’s company and took over its management in 1984.