97 0 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I did my project about crows ( this thread ) and waiting now to get it marked by my teacher. Thank you. The next project for school is about food. I want to do project about sausages. Even though I like them, I know they are often not good for you and full of maybe scary things even! Can anyone help me find information about sausages - preferably information about them being bad..... scary things ok! It would really help. I am trying to look on the internet but not finding as much as I hoped to, Maybe I'm not searching well. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Here's some sausage info for you 97. No horror stories on there though I don't think http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/yf/foods/he176w.htm Guardian always has something good http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/focus/story/0,13296,951917,00.html Quote: "People who enjoy eating sausage and obey the law should not watch either being made" - Otto von Bismarck http://sausagefans.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 97: If you're looking for bad things about sausages, you won't have to look very hard! Most sausage meat made for commercial sale are made using meat offcuts and are also packed with flavourings, starches and nitrates. The nitrates are the scariest part, because some nitrate powders become carcinogenic when they're fried/cooked at high temperatures. If you're looking for good sources of information on this, you should check the relevant food standard association websites. Also, google 'sausage nitrate' and you'll come up with a bunch of stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Try this 97 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_making Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I read at Borough Markets (a fresh food market) in London that England eats 185,000 tons of sausage every year. It is a scary statistic, especially considering the poor quality of nearly all supermarket sausages (a fact common to most countries). This sounds like a far better project than the crow project. A good sausage is one of my favourite things, hence my inclination for German food and also northern Italy salami. 97, for some project variety check out the traditional Bavarian breakfast. It is a good one for your assignment as there is unique sausage involved ....along with a huge glass of the worlds purest and nicest beer, all for breakfast Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 0 Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 "The less people know about how sausages and laws are made the better they will sleep at night" Otto Von Bismark The "Iron Chancellor of Germany Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Seems to have had a bit to say about sausages that dude! Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 0 Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Its all in the translation apparently I believe "Du hast wurst" in german means to be lucky and another expression states that "that is all sausage to me" meaning it is of no consequence or very common. Yet another says "it depends on the sausage" meaning it is critically important. Strange the things we remember from school aint it Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I never eat sausages now, ever since I visited an old sausage factory and was shocked at what I saw. I am still shocked. Link to post Share on other sites
97 0 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks for the help, I'm gathering information now. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Like most foods, good sausages are fantastic. You pays your money and takes your choice. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The best Saturday job I had as a schoolboy, was in a slaughterhouse. It was mostly cleaning up and feeding animals, but during holidays and particularly at christmas, I used to help with the killing. After pigs, we separated and cleaned the guts, and passed them on to the shop. There they were stuffed with meat and fat and bread and herbs. Old Man Snelson used to pay up 12 bob Saturday lunchtime, cut me a steak, and put 4 sausages in a bag for me. Good sausages are fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: The best Saturday job I had as a schoolboy, was in a slaughterhouse. ....during holidays and particularly at christmas, I used to help with the killing. This has nothing to do with sausage (which I like very much). I know two people who were notably effected by their jobs whilst in high school. It took several years before they were comfortable talking about their holiday employment. One worked part time in a slaughter house (cattle) The other worked for the local council filling in graves with a shovel (after lingering in a shed waiting for the family to leave). It didn't help that he smoke pot all day everyday at work. Link to post Share on other sites
maninjapan 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by _spud: I read at Borough Markets (a fresh food market) in London that England eats 185,000 tons of sausage every year. It is a scary statistic, especially considering the poor quality of nearly all supermarket sausages (a fact common to most countries). This sounds like a far better project than the crow project. A good sausage is one of my favourite things, hence my inclination for German food and also northern Italy salami. 97, for some project variety check out the traditional Bavarian breakfast. It is a good one for your assignment as there is unique sausage involved ....along with a huge glass of the worlds purest and nicest beer, all for breakfast Have you eaten the sausages from Borough Market? You get some of the best in the world - none of these crappy frankfurter style sausages in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Yes! That is where I used to buy my sausages, pork pies and bacon and cheese nearly every Friday. It is impossible to shop at Sainsburies or (yuck!) Tosco's again after getting your fresh supplies from B-market. I usually walk there at lunch time on a Friday. They also serve ice cold crown lager (an over dressed average Oz beer) in the pub across the lane. getting good sausage in Tokyo was for the most part, impossible. I had a very reputable and good quality supa near my house that specialised in good food, yet even they did not stock an acceptable sausage. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 sausages in Japan?? Where?? I've NEVER seen one. Hang on, I lie. There is a great Brazilian shop in Hiroshima that sells sausages imported from Brazil. Big, coils of sausage that we chuck on the webber. Mmmmmmmmm.... But that isn't Japanese, and considering it's bought in a Brazilian shop and cooked in a gaijin house, then it arguably isn't in Japan either. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 That's a good point, spud, and it did have have a big effect on me, but there's a twist. I didn't enjoy killing animals, but the men I worked with at the slaughterhouse, and the German ex-POW on the farm were the first adults I met who could be trusted. I was about 14. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 ... and that is not to be under-valued, particularly for a young guy trying to grow up. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Henjinmokko on Sado Island makes fantastic sausages, including several winners at international fairs held in Germany. You can buy their stuff through Yahoo Shopping. The classic British banger contains lots of rusk (cereal). They're fine till you try German ones.... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 ooh yeah! German sausages kick arse! We used to get a lot of sausages and salamis in the Barrossa Valley (Australia). All german style traditional butchers. Beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 They should not be able to call the things they call "sausages" here saugages. Link to post Share on other sites
jumpers for goalposts 0 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I know some top sausages in my hometown of Huddersfield. I can't believe there are good sausages in London. Southerners just don't get sausages. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 After leaving Japan arriving in Dulldon I almost turned into a Cumberland Sausage. I ate them every night. Link to post Share on other sites
Svetik 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I like only one type of sausages - Man Sausage! Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I don't like sausages at all... I read sometime what is in them. Link to post Share on other sites
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