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"The Science of Sausage Making in Pictures."

"I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it." Jimmy Dean

By Meathead Goldwyn

Historians think the first sausages of any kind were made about 5,000 years ago in what is now Iraq, and they are mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, written around 800 B.C. Every nation and culture has its own special sausage so today there are hundreds of sausages in the world. Heck, there are hundreds in Italy alone! And suasage recipes often vary from butcher to butcher. I have tasted scores of sausages labeled Polish Sausage and no two are alike.

 

Although sausage can be made in patties, the typical sausage is called a forcemeat or a link -- long and slender because it is forced into a transparent casing. The meat is most often ground beef or pork, but it is also made from lamb, duck, chicken, and everything from alligator to zebra. The casing is usually made from pork, lamb, or beef intestines. Sausages can be seasoned with spices, herbs, onion, garlic, and other flavorings. Some sausages are sold raw, and others are cooked, smoked, or in some fashion cured with salt or preservatives before being sold so they can be eaten without cooking.

Sausage recipes available now

· Breakfast Sausage WIth Maple Syrup

· Italian Sausage

· The Famous Italian Sausage Bomb

· Bratwurst

· Salmon Sausage and Burgers

· Moroccan Merguez