The Sausage Conundrum
Jul 18th 2010 | 1:41 am
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The Sausage Conundrum
If I take a sausage link, take the casing off, and flatten the meat out into a disc shape, it's still a sausage.
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
Jul 18th 2010 | 2:00 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
If I take a sausage link, take the casing off, and flatten the meat out into a disc shape, it's still a sausage.
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
Jul 18th 2010 | 2:09 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
A sausage is sausage, with or without the skin...a burger? that's just nasty!
Jul 18th 2010 | 2:12 am
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Jul 18th 2010 | 4:40 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
The rolled up ground meat would only be a sausage if you were to encase it in skin.
So just rolling it does not make it a sausage.
So just rolling it does not make it a sausage.
Jul 18th 2010 | 4:43 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
I say no and yes. The name refers to the shape.
Jul 18th 2010 | 4:44 am
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Jul 18th 2010 | 8:58 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
Sausage links can contain any type of stuffing and it is considered a sausage.
Many people call burgers 'patties'.
Jul 18th 2010 | 9:09 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
Jul 18th 2010 | 9:21 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product...sages/47264011 for example
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Jul 18th 2010 | 10:21 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
No and No
Jul 18th 2010 | 10:44 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
The question seems to be - is a burger made out of sausage meat?
Technically, I think you'd have to say it basically was, although it's very unlikely you'd call it a sausage patty if you made it into a traditional burger shape.
Technically, I think you'd have to say it basically was, although it's very unlikely you'd call it a sausage patty if you made it into a traditional burger shape.
Jul 18th 2010 | 11:36 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
If I take a sausage link, take the casing off, and flatten the meat out into a disc shape, it's still a sausage.
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
But if I take a burger and roll it up into a link shape does it become a sausage? And if it does, if I flatten it back into a disc again is it STILL a sausage now?
Money is riding on this......
If you take a sausage link and take the casing off, you have sausage meat, but not a sausage.
If you flatten it out into a disc shape you have merely created a sausage meat patty.
A burger is not made of sausage meat, so the shape is irrelevant. That aside, since sausages don't have to be made of sausage meat, since it wasn't in a casing, it wasn't a true sausage anyway. It is only "sausage shaped".
The "skinless" sausage is still a sausage, because it still has a casing, albeit a very thin one.
Otherwise you couldn't have skinless sausage casings, which are described in this complaint.
Burger meat in a casing would technically be a sausage - albeit a particularly nasty one!
Jul 18th 2010 | 11:50 am
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Re: The Sausage Conundrum
My take on it.
If you take a sausage link and take the casing off, you have sausage meat, but not a sausage.
If you flatten it out into a disc shape you have merely created a sausage meat patty.
A burger is not made of sausage meat, so the shape is irrelevant. That aside, since sausages don't have to be made of sausage meat, since it wasn't in a casing, it wasn't a true sausage anyway. It is only "sausage shaped".
The "skinless" sausage is still a sausage, because it still has a casing, albeit a very thin one.
Otherwise you couldn't have skinless sausage casings, which are described in this complaint.
Burger meat in a casing would technically be a sausage - albeit a particularly nasty one!
If you take a sausage link and take the casing off, you have sausage meat, but not a sausage.
If you flatten it out into a disc shape you have merely created a sausage meat patty.
A burger is not made of sausage meat, so the shape is irrelevant. That aside, since sausages don't have to be made of sausage meat, since it wasn't in a casing, it wasn't a true sausage anyway. It is only "sausage shaped".
The "skinless" sausage is still a sausage, because it still has a casing, albeit a very thin one.
Otherwise you couldn't have skinless sausage casings, which are described in this complaint.
Burger meat in a casing would technically be a sausage - albeit a particularly nasty one!
