Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600614
10/13/97

### HOMEMADE SAUSAGE

        Since the earliest times, man has prepared some type of

    meat
     product comparable to sausage.   Homer spoke glowingly

    of
    sausage in his Odyssey,  saying it was a favorite food of

    the
     Greeks.   The Romans' liking for sausage was  so  great

    that
    no festive occasion was considered complete without it.

    Marco
     Polo's spice quest and Christopher Columbus's  voyage

    in
     search of a shorter route to the East Indies for  spices

    used
     in  sausage  are additional indications of  its  early

    popularity.

        Some of the early sausage makers became so adept in the

    spicing
    and processing of sausages of distinctive types that

    the
    fame of their products spread throughout Europe.  Many a

    delectable
     sausage of today bears the name of its  city  of

    origin.
      From Italy comes Milano,  Romano,  Genoa, Bologna,

    and
     Salami.   Sausage makers in Germany and Austria led the

    development
    of fresh and cooked sausages.   From  Frankfurt,

    Germany,
     came the frankfurter and from Vienna, Austria, the

    wienerwurst.

        Sausage   is  continuing  to  grow  in  popularity  and

    homemade
     sausages  are  common.    Homemade  sausages   are

    particularly
     popular  among big game hunters who find  that

    properly
    handled game, when made into sausage, is palatable.

    Further
     incentive  for  preparation of game  at  home comes

    from
    production  of sausages   spiced   to  meet  individual

    preferences
    and made from the hunter's game.

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