11 interesting facts that you should know about sausage

Sausage addiction and all tacocabana eat and loved by millions of people around the world. But sometimes they don't just eat sausage and do it with wonderful things — strange and interesting.

1. Sausage наркомания



The main for the addict is the awareness of the problem — it shows strength of character and often becomes the first step to changing your life. One such drug is David Harding, who suffers from severe sausage addiction, but trying to cure. According to Harding, he had to take counseling by a psychiatrist to be saved from the terrible consequences of the misuse of sausage.

Like many addicts, Harding always kept in the refrigerator stocks the object of his addiction. Such precautions are a means of fear and anxiety, but when reserves were depleted Hunding panic. "I really couldn't live without sausages," said David afterwards.

In the end, David has caused his demons to a duel. He spent $2000 for treatment of his addiction, but, unfortunately, still did not get rid of it completely. He eats an average of 13 sausages a day and often feels guilty when he wants to eat more. As a rule, all drug users have a drug of choice in the case of David, is Irish pork sausages, Maquinna (McWhinney).

Psychiatrist David seem very well versed in the Affairs of the sausage people gave their professional opinion that this addiction is clearly not physical. But the real expert in this matter — Kevin Maquinna (Kevin McWhinney), managing Director of the company "Sausage, Maquinna". He demonstrated their products to millions of people around the world with the words: "We are pleased that this gentleman likes our sausages, but we sincerely wish him success in his quest to control his habit."

2. Worship kalbaskraal Itemrank have cooked for my family dinner and found the corpse of a kitten inside a stick of sausage. Later she said that it she almost threw up. Most Thai grandmothers would threw a tantrum and demanded compensation, but Krod — unusual lady. She decided to make a small temple for the poor dead kitten, set up the candles and incense and prayed in front of him.Word has spread, and her friends, neighbors and even strangers began to visit the temple. Suddenly these people began to notice my life change for the better after the prayer. Krod and her friends allegedly even won some amount of money in the lottery as proof that "the Church of the Holy Sausage" brings good luck.

Local officials began an investigation into the incident. Luck they were skeptical — they were much more interested in how a kitten could get into the sausage. Of course, they suspected that the manufacturer has added not too healthy ingredients in their products, but this version was not confirmed. In the end, the investigators came to the conclusion that the kitten had somehow managed to open a sausage factory by pipeline.

That could become a major scandal, ended well, and the Shrine is likely to remain a tourist attraction for quite a long time. Well, keep it up, Holy kitty.

3. Sexist sausage

Looks like men's the sausage? And Yes — will be offended if you, if you see on the shelf in the supermarket sausage specifically for men? The German supermarket chain "EDEKA" approached the issue seriously: now on sale there are men's and women's sausages.

Sensitive people upset, and some were furious: sausage for Frau (female) two times thinner and smaller than the sausage for manerov (male). And, worse, women's sausage is more expensive. Apparently, for the manufacture of women's sausages used the meat of a higher quality.

Among those who object to this gender-specific marketing, is a political scientist Antje Shrapp, saying, "of Course you can react to it as a joke, and probably the majority of buyers will do so. But this choice of product names in the best case demonstrates the mindless sexism that defines for each sex the "right" role and place in the hierarchy". But according to the manufacturer "heterosexual" sausages, the bottom line is that men need to eat more meat, while women should eat less and watch my weight.

Journalist Susanne Enz complained that "women out, to like, and men can just enjoy." However, some people are puzzled about such a fuss — after all, a woman can simply purchase a male sausage.

Do soften "EDEKA" and declare whether the equality of the sexes? Only time will tell. Yet men's and women's sausages are on the shelves.

4. Pudding for birds



BBQ — a great way to please friends and share a meal. At these picnics, as a rule, happy and uninvited guests — birds looking for a free lunch. In Australia, for example, inhabits a bird-eater under the name of kookabura, it looks like a small Kingfisher. Most of all, this strange bird is famous for its cries sounding like laughter. Just do not take to heart the laughter kukuburi — maybe she just wants a piece of sausage.

In 2011 year, people found the patient to kookabura, which could not fly, and took her to Taronga zoo in Sydney. At first, everyone thought that it was just a broken wing, but further examination of the birds showed that she weighed as much as 540 grams — 40% more than usual weigh kukuburi. She was too fat to fly, and for a change at the time it was people laughed at Kokubunji, and not Vice versa.

However, the situation was not particularly funny: kookabura obese because I ate too much sausage — generous people at a barbecue is often treated to her and chased the attackers on a thick bird dogs. The zoo said that had never seen such a fat bird. In the wild, kukuburi feed on small animals, so their diet is balanced, but in the case of this bird BBQ literally came to her side.

The bird continued to feed the sausage, however, in moderation, and soon she was again able to fly.

5. Duel on sausages

A person can swing a sausage as a weapon in stressful situations — Yes, it happens. However, Rudolf Vikhrov used the sausage for protection against threats that may have saved his life, otherwise he would have died in a duel. But go back a little and start the story from the beginning.

Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian statesman who controlled politics in Europe from 1860 to 1890, the year. In 1865, the year the pesky scientist and a representative of the opposition Rudolf Vikhrov challenged his authority, protesting against the excessive military budget Bismarck.

People like vortices, and in ordinary life are fairly common — they cling to every little detail. Certainly there are such among your friends. When Virchow investigated a typhoid outbreak, he conducted statistical analysis — know exactly who is sick and where the sick lived. It also collected detailed information about their education, income, housing conditions, and other things.

After much serious analysis Virchow concluded that the spread of typhus was caused by overcrowding, which, in turn, appeared due to poverty caused by limited educational opportunities. The reason of this inability was the lack of democracy in Germany, which was conducted by Otto von Bismarck. So, logically Vihrova, that Bismarck was the main cause of the epidemic of typhus. Could Bismarck defend his honor with such accusations?

Yes, could upset Bismarck caused Vihrova to a duel. For Vihrova it was not too good news: shoot, he could not quite Bismarck, by contrast, was considered a great duelist. And Vihrova would be dead if not conducted pre-study and... sausage!

Details vary, but in several autobiographical sources tells that vortices could use caused by right side and choose your weapon. So he prepared two sausages.

One sausage was normal, the other, though, and looked exactly the same, contained deadly larvae of the species Trichinella. Bismarck had to choose a sausage and eat it, and Vikhrov had to eat the rest. Thanks to this cunning strategy of sausage his chances to save a life was 50%. Bismarck, on hearing about the terms, reluctantly refused to duel — so the sausage saved Vihrova life.

6. A doctorate in meat Sciences

\Sausage capital of the world is considered to be Germany — in this country created the "Sausage Academy" in which students can earn a certificate for eating a favorite meat dishes.

Based "Sausage Hogwarts" in Neumarktl — anyone can become a sausage expert and learn all about the ideal condiments, drinks and music for each variety of sausage. The most talented students can even take the course of manufacture of the German "Holy Grail" among sausages — Bavarian white sausage. Admit it, you probably mouth watering at the mere thought of such education.

It is unclear whether regular free samples to students one of the main reasons for the popularity of the institution, but to date 1,300 students have earned certificates, and the head of the Academy Wittmann was able to boast: "I Have students from all over the world, and I'm glad they spread a good rumor about the German sausage."

7. Sausage Museum

Tourists can visit natural history museums, law enforcement, computers, and thousands of other fascinating excursions. However, one of the most amazing museums in the world can be found in Berlin. In Germany, a typical street fast food is a dish called currywurst — pork sausage in spicy sauce and curry ketchup. This popular sausage has a fascinating history, and visitors can learn all about this miracle of German culture in the Museum of currywurst.

Sausage Museum is interactive because it affects all the senses: there's a spice chamber, sniffing stations and a sofa from this sausage, which falls from a height falls from the sauce — and, of course, visitors are offered to try the French fries and currywurst.

The Museum also has exhibits showing how currywust usually sold — for example, with stalls of street vendors or in clubs and bars. You can read about the origin of spices, selected for the individual types of sausage and about biodegradable disposable tableware. The Museum will certainly be interesting to all lovers of sausage regardless of whether they are newcomers or the real experts in this matter.

8. The longest sausage

That's officially. It is invincible. It's a funny thing. However, the world record in the nomination "the longest sausage ever made" belongs to the Wiener issued 59.14 km long. If a pedestrian is walking at normal speed, it will take 20 hours to get from the beginning of the sausage until the end.

Proud manufacturer of sausage-champion — Jay Trenfield, an employee of the company "Asda" from Sheffield, UK. The work took three days — from 27 to 29 October 2000. Press Secretary of "Guinness world records" Sarah Wilcox says that since there are many contenders for the world record in this category, but to beat the current record has not yet managed to anyone.

Wilcox noted that "Guinness world records" distinguishes the world's largest sausage on the weight basis and on the basis of length. There are other options, such as "longest vegetarian sausage" (100 meters), "the longest smoked sausage" (482 meters) and "the longest chain of sausages" (1500 meters).

9. How many sausages can you eat in a minute

Some people like to eat slowly and savor the food, like a fine wine, others eat food like pigs. The latter, of course, is regarded as tactless, but just in case, if you are looking for fame and fortune — it's for the sake of it-you can hit into a sausage person.

In particular, there is the basis of the world record for the number of sausages eaten in one minute. The current record holder Stefan paladin of New Zealand ate in a minute the whole eight sausages at the stadium "Ericsson" in Oakland July 22, 2001, the first year — it took 7.5 seconds on the sausage, each of which was ten centimeters long and two centimeters wide.

May, Stefan — mutant. He could have a throat of tin. Anyway, all attempts to beat him failed. During one of these competitions, also held in New Zealand, it turned out that most contestants can't even eat two sausages per minute. The winner of this particular event managed to eat four sausages in a minute and won the prize, but the world record is clearly not up. Become world-famous now, not as easily as before, but if you like sausage, why not try?

10. Hairy sausage

The strange-looking sausage was made in Russia — a sausage with hair. This is very unusual and not very nice, but people seem to like the new dish, which became popular after bloggers talked about it on the Internet. Who invented it is unknown. However, the sausage is inserted a lot of hard spaghetti that makes her look like a hedgehog. Amazing gastronomic masterpiece, then boiled in water — and voila! Long live the hairy sausage!

Thanks to the Internet, the dish was of great interest. It's only a matter of time — sooner or later hairy sausage will be in your plate. More and more people are experimenting with their own versions of hairy sausages. Maybe you also want. Still, after a smooth sausage is so boring.

11. The sausage race

In 2013, the year some hardened criminals stole the costume of Guido, the Italian sausage from Milwaukee. In such suits, people are often satisfied with... race. The task of athletes to complete the circuit as quickly as possible in a suit under the hooting of the spectators. The stolen sausage costume noticed a few bars before he disappeared.

In Milwaukee have responded to the event with horror — those who return the suit as a reward promised a year's supply of mustard. Undoubtedly, detectives were investigating, day and night, but the crime of the century remained unsolved for two whole weeks.

Maybe the police were close to solving the mystery, but the suit was left in a bar by two people, who asked witnesses to say they saw nothing. It seems that to qualify for the award of the thieves was not going to, so the case of the missing sausage may forever remain unsolved.

Think about all of this at your next barbecue or death. Think about it, when you'll be laughed of kookabura — sausage has become an integral part of the culture and our way of life.

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