The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

[Jacob]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

[The Larch]

I bought a salami from a random store in an Italian village and it's the best fucking thing I have tasted in the world. Every day I see it becoming shorter and shorter and I already dread the day I'll run out. It is *that* good.

Best salami is Hungarian salami. Its inexplicable that Brits only eat Spanish chorizzo which is... adequate at best.

Didn't we discuss at our covid party (languish meet) that Spanish cuisine is vile*?


*my long forgotten shitpost 

Oooh, those are fighting words! 

Vile in which sense?

Trolling 

I could have accepted some fair criticism, it's not as if our cuisine is perfect*. 

*But almost... 

[Barrister]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

Salami by definition is smoked / pre-cooked, so it's not "raw" at all.  You can eat it cold, or re-heated/warmed/whatever.  The casing may be natural or artificial but both can be eaten (or removed if you prefer).  It's it's a pure inedible plastic you can tell right away - only time I've ever seen that is on hotdogs, and the plastic wrap has printing on it to make it pretty obvious you don't want to eat it.

A raw sausage is pretty obviously raw by how soft and squishy it is.

[garbon]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

[Josquius]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

Salami by definition is smoked / pre-cooked, so it's not "raw" at all.  You can eat it cold, or re-heated/warmed/whatever.  The casing may be natural or artificial but both can be eaten (or removed if you prefer).  It's it's a pure inedible plastic you can tell right away - only time I've ever seen that is on hotdogs, and the plastic wrap has printing on it to make it pretty obvious you don't want to eat it.

A raw sausage is pretty obviously raw by how soft and squishy it is.

It's rarely labelled as salami and plenty of sausages meant to be eaten raw are soft and squishy.

[crazy canuck]

I am not sure I could choose between Italian or Hungarian salami - can I just choose both/all 

[Barrister]

It's rarely labelled as salami and plenty of sausages meant to be eaten raw are soft and squishy.

Well yes, because there are many more kinds of cured sausages than just salami.

I can not for the life of me think of a "soft and squishy" cured sausage, but I guess I'll take your word for it.......

[crazy canuck]

It's rarely labelled as salami and plenty of sausages meant to be eaten raw are soft and squishy.

I can not for the life of me think of a "soft and squishy" cured sausage, but I guess I'll take your word for it.......

Its actually my favourite kind.  The hard sausage is also good of course, but I find the softer cured sausages more flavourful.  Perfect to go with some soft cheese, crusty bread, some fruit, and wine.

My God, I am getting hungry!

[Admiral Yi]

Well yes, because there are many more kinds of cured sausages than just salami.

I can not for the life of me think of a "soft and squishy" cured sausage, but I guess I'll take your word for it.......

Bologna, mortadella, head cheese?  Question mark because I don't really know whether they're cured or not.

[Barrister]

Bologna, mortadella, head cheese?  Question mark because I don't really know whether they're cured or not.

Aren't bologna and mortadella basically the same thing?  Just a champagne / sparkling wine kind of thing?  Anyways it's definitely cured.  And definitely firmer than a raw sausage.

Head cheese you've got me.  It's jellied.  It would be soft, I'm positive it's safe to eat without cooking (in fact the jelly would break apart under heat) but don't know if that counts as being preserved.  No way you'd mistake head cheese for a raw sausage though.

[Admiral Yi]

Beats me.  I'm just backing up Squeeze's point about squishier cold cuts.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah I think bologna is the Italian-American version of mortadella (edit: which comes from the city of Bologna - hence the name change when it got to the US).

[HVC]

Headcheese meat is precooked (boiled, so be careful viper ). In traditional methods gelatine is obtained through the cooking process (pig skin) but most is now just added.

[Barrister]

Salami that isn't precut worries me. Always uncertain whether it's to be eaten raw and if the thin skin is something edible or plastic.

One other thought on this point:

AT least on this side of the pond raw sausages are sold amongst the other raw meats.  Any cured or preserves sausage is sold in the deli or similar section (presumably because you don't want to cross-contaminate your raw and cooked food).