In North America, Italian sausage (or salsiccia in Italian) often refers to a style of pork sausage that contains 85% pork meat that has been seasoned with fennel.
Sausage or salsiccia has a long food history, dating back to the Sumerians living in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) somewhere around 3100 BC.
By 900 BC sausages had become a staple of the ancient Greek theatre available from sausage sellers in the aisles.
But the good reputation of the sausage was tarnished in 320 AD, when the Roman Emperor Constantinus I and the Catholic Church banned sausage eating because of links to pagan festivals!
And things didn’t get better, the bad boy sausage was in trouble again nine hundred years ago.
Emperor Leo V declared that sausage makers would be ‘severely scourged, smoothly shaved and banished from our realm forever’.
It is not known what sausage sellers had done to cause such offence but it must have been a whopper!
Then in the reign of Charles I, sausages made a comeback and were divided into links for the first time.
Sausage even made its way into Henry V speech: “War without fire is as worthless as sausages without mustard”.
I couldn’t agree more! (about the mustard part that is)
Today, sausage can be found around the world in a variety of cuisines and dishes with the biggest consumer of sausage being Germans (1.5 million tons)!
For a great tasting sausage, try your local Lococo’s, they have Italian Pork Sausage on sale for $3.99 / lb.
And if you need a great recipe to feature your delicious sausage, here you go: Sausage and Vegetables with ZEG Sauce.
Customize your spice level on sausages with full flavoured savoury ZEG Sauces! Enjoy!
| 🌭 ZEG Sauces are a multiple use condiment sauce that can be used on any food around the world.
🌭 You can use ZEG Sauces for basting, marinating, spreading, as a side dipping sauce, or as a dressing the options are unlimited. 🌭 Use ZEG Sauces on everything from chicken, pork, and beef to vegetables, rice, and tofu. |
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