2007-06-23 00:49:33 · 24 answers · asked by Silkie1 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
What shape would you like them then? It's to do with the tube of the intestines that are used for sausage skins.They could be one long tube full of meat but it is more convenient to give it a twist every few inches to make in dividual sausages.You can choose between the big fat thick ones or the dinky little chipolatas.
2007-06-23 00:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition allowed for the forcemeat to be packed into intestine of an animal (after it had been killed !). That's the shape an intestine is.
Nowadays, of course other materials are used .
In Scotland sausage meat can appear in the shape of a square patty and is called Lorne sausage (after the town of origin) - a bit like a square burger really.
2007-06-23 01:01:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
because the intestinal lining (skin of the sausage) that is traditionally used to make sausages is, well, sausage-shaped! The twists are made at intervals to keep the meat (?) from coming out the end
2007-06-23 02:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by girl from oz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's made that shape, so when you fry them they curl up. You can hold the curled sausage with a fork and hold it in front your face to make either a 'smiley' or 'sad' face.
Or put the curled sausage onto a plate. Add 2 fried eggs for 'eyes', a mushroom for a 'nose' and baked beans for 'hair'. Who says you shouldn't play with your food?
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2007-06-23 09:02:35 · answer #4 · answered by Lampard's Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ones. There are round sausage patties or links whioch has a casing which is stuffed with the sausage mixture just like a hot dog.
2007-06-27 09:07:02 · answer #5 · answered by Proud Nana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is what they put the sausage meat in that makes them the shape they are,Small intestines.
2007-06-23 00:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL Silkie you do make me laugh about your questions- you ask questions I would never think of. I have never questioned why sausages are that shape- ive just accepted it.- maybe it is because the machine was made to make them that shape???
2007-06-27 08:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Mumofthree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are sausage shape.
2007-06-25 04:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The inventor of the sausage was quite fond of his Dachshunds, and wanted to honor this noble breed of dog by making a food that imitated their shape.
2007-06-23 02:09:49 · answer #9 · answered by open4one 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They are not called sausages actually. They are called Widow's Memories.
2007-06-25 09:13:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋