Topics:
Animal Refresher, Meat Science
Definition of Sausages
Ground meat, which is salted & stuffed in the animal casing is:
- Sausages — Correct Answer
- Nuggets
- Meat Loaf
- Meat Patties
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Sausages
Sausages are meat products prepared from ground/minced and seasoned meat, which is then stuffed into natural or synthetic casings to give a characteristic cylindrical shape.
Classification of Sausages
- Fresh sausages — uncooked, must be refrigerated; e.g., pork sausage links
- Emulsion type sausages — finely comminuted meat emulsion; e.g., hot dog, frankfurter, bologna, mortadella
- Dry sausages — fermented and dried; e.g., salami, pepperoni
- Cured emulsion sausages — e.g., hot dog (cured emulsion type)
Types of Sausage Casings
- Natural casings — from submucosa of intestines
- Synthetic/artificial casings — collagen, cellulose, plastic
Related Meat Products
- Nuggets — cuboidal pieces (4cm × 1.5cm × 1.5cm) cut from meat loaves
- Meat patties — ground meat filling for burgers
- Meat loaves — ready-to-eat comminuted meat product from ground meat/emulsion
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