DasHexxchen t1_jeallh3 wrote
Reply to comment by goofwayne in At some point, someone thought to ground up the meat of a pig, shove it inside its own intestines, and cook it for people to eat. by greatpoomonkey
This,
The sausage as we know it is about 2000 years old, but it seems even the Sumerians used this preserving method. The first written mention is in Homer's Odysee and it was a common theatre food, called "Orya". And briefly sausages were even banned in Europe by the church.
It was hard to store smaller scraps of meat or more liquid parts like blood, so the just shoved them into a container that came with the animal, the intestines. Just made sense.
Though you guys would appreciate a short essay, instead of googeling around yourselves.
ShardAerliss t1_jec32qs wrote
Listened to an interview waaaay back with an anthropologist who theorised that sausage was the first "dish", as in a meal with multiple steps, not just "cut it up, throw it at heat".
As you said; t's a way to cook/transport all the little bits of meat that are stuck to bone and small organs, and could have been utilised long before the invention of utensils and bags.
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