"Most of what you eat is sausages. I mean, if we're going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means seasoned with salt. You might think of a sausage as a simple thing, but on this reading it is everything and nothing, a Borgesian meta-concept that retreats as you approach it. From another perspective, a sausage is an offal-filled intestine, or the macerated parts of an electrocuted"
"But to the legislators of the EU, a sausage can now have only one meaning: a cylindrical object containing meat. Never mind that cylindrical objects containing no meat have been marketed under names such as Glamorgan sausage (selsig Morgannwg) for at least 150 years. Never mind that even Germans once felt the need to call animal sausages mettwurst, to distinguish them from other kinds."
Most food can be classified as a form of sausage by etymology and preparation. Sausage originates from Latin salsicus, meaning seasoned with salt, and can be viewed as a meta-concept that dissolves under scrutiny. Sausage can be an offal-filled intestine or macerated parts of animals mixed with other ingredients. Some sausages historically contained no meat, such as Glamorgan sausage. EU legislators have proposed definitions limiting sausage to cylindrical meat-containing objects. Members of the European Parliament similarly pushed for burgers to be defined as meat products. A Dutch survey found 96% of 20,000 people were not confused by terms like vegan sausage.
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