Thank you autocorrect. I was not rating sausage. I was EATING sausage.

So, like 4/10?

7/10. Would still eat.

Just googled if the casing is edible. The general consensus states it's made from edible materials, occasionally it won't taste great but you should be fine

It's food grade paper. Totally safe to eat.

Im 100% positive I have also eaten this forbidden casing!! lmao

That's what she said

TIFU by writing "I rated sausage" which sounded so dodgy!

Yeah, don't worry about it. I eat the casing on summer sausage all the time because I kinda like the chewy sensation. I'd say the casing is not nutritious but not inedible.

You just go ahead on with your bad self and ignore the critics.

That sounds so much better....

This could have gone so wrong!

It’s cellulose not paper. Edible but not very good.

Did you rate the casing too?

If it makes you feel better I already knew I shouldn’t eat it, yet still I do

My dirty mind went way down. Dodgy AF

Not the end of the world, I used to eat the paper on purpose sometimes. I actually liked the taste of it with the sausage.

I just came here to see what you rated the summer sausage what a let down 😂

Was anyone else like me expecting this post to be sexier, based on the title of the post, and then even through most of the text of the post about the husband giving her a sausage? Anyone?

Yeah, my mind went to “she rated it a 2 out of 10” then learned her boyfriend made it himself and he was super sad.

Yea... I bought summer sausage and cut into it with the paper on thinking it just had a harder casing..then on the second one I saw there was this little bit sticking out and pulled it off which made me realize it was a paper casing on the outside..

I’m in this club too

This title sounds oddly pornographic LOL

I may be guilty of same a time or two, lol

[removed]

[removed]

Someone wanna tell me what on earth summer sausage is? Thought I’d experienced most of the world’s sausage options, but don’t know this name at all.

It's a hard sausage that doesn't need refrigeration or cooking. You can keep it on the pantry shelf in summertime.

I've never heard of summer sausage and immediately thought it was a euphemism which would be explained by OP, so the whole post turned out rather more innocent than expected.

I eat the casing most of the time too, tbh. If it’s not too chewy it’s simpler and less messy. But don’t be like my friend who nearly ate a BabyBel with the wax still on. You will never live that one down.

Today I learned the term "Summer Sausage".

This sub is purely educational.

In german we call it "Dauerwurst" = Lasting Sausage or Duration Sausage.

Rating sausages is so much better than eating sausages paper.. so how much out of 10 do you rate that summer sausage??

I was like is their so insecure and they said something about a bigger sausage or something. Context was definitely needed here 😂

Omg I did this too!! I only realized halfway through the sausage 😅😭 oops. At least it doesn’t ruin the taste…?

So pork, I assume? Is it spicy, garlicky, plain-tasting or something else? Do you eat it alone or in a particular way? TIA!

Haha, my mom did this for me when she would pack my lunch. She insisted that it was edible and I should eat the paper. She did too. She was in her 40s at the time

It is usually a mixture of beef and pork. The cornerstone seasonings of summer sausage are curing salt, mustard seed, and garlic. Traditionally it is air smoked, but liquid smoke can be used instead. Most people eat it by itself or with cheese and/or crackers.

Any and all of the above, and with crackers and cheese is my go to. It is often pork, but it can be beef or my favorite, venison.

🌭 “My sausage is bigger than your sausage!” 🍆

I have no idea but was picturing chorizo in my mind as that often has a paper, too.

I was thinking something similar to pepperami

I actually love the phrase Duration Sausage.

I was sure you'd rated Summer Sausage by comparing it favourably to your husband's penis.

Yeah I don't know where he got the idea that it wasn't edible.

Yes, I was expecting something completely different based on the title

Oh yeah, I've been eating the paper too and had no clue.

I wana know how much out of 10 she rates the paper

Yeah sorry I thought this post was going somewhere entirely different and not entirely abnormal for the TIFU sub. But congrats on eating paper! Could be worse.

Do you know that the shell comes off of shrimp and they are not supposed to be crunchy

let's just say the "rating" correction made me think of a different summer sausage.

Sounds edible to me

Same etymology as duration / endure I image, I like Enduring Sausage as a name

Traditionally it's a lacto-fermented sausage with a little tang to it and smoke cured.

To be fair, there are a ton of different types of casing out there, and some artificial casing is easier to consume than the natural stuff.

But, yeah, you have your paper type casing, which may or may not be edible. You have plastic casing, not edible. But there is collegen casing, which is pretty much an edible plastic. and then you have the natural casing, ie, animal guts.

Source - worked for a place that supplied butchers and meat processors.

I thought you were giving scores to the dicks you had over summer, in front of your husband. 8/10 would ride again.

Completely was expecting “that’s the exact size my ex was” or something to that effect.

Everyone needs a little fiber in their diet …

The boys of summer

I was 100% waiting for a post about someone who rated penises while lying on the beach next to their husband. I was slightly disappointed.

Yeah, when I was dating a new girl, she'd always appreciate a gift of a summer sausage. I liked suggesting we go for a drive, and then, without a word, I'd open the glove box, pull out the summer sausage and hand it to her. I found you could learn a lot about a new girl this way.

It was the whole reason I clicked, partly disappointed partly amused

Clearly at least one person ate it so it’s not inedible anymore

Genuinely was expecting a situation like where a friend sent you a dick pic that a guy sent to them and asked you to rate it but then your husband saw the dick pic and thought you were cheating on him or something similar

Yes I give the sausage a 5.5/10 due to the consistency,spice, and even spacing of fat.

I give the paper a 9.5/10. Some of the finest paper to grace my palate. Clearly colored from old world wine. chef’s kiss

Man, i have never heard the term summer sausage before.. I used to leave the casing on Chorizo when cooking it though.

Never rate sausage in front of your husband.

Would have been in the same situation even if it had said "eating" instead of "rating"

"And this one is comparable in both taste and size to Jeff, a man I dated shortly after college..."

Yeah I thought I was on the wrong thread there for a second

Honestly I still do that with Bao those Asian dumpling things because it’s easier and I like the texture of the paper, I used to eat paper on purpose all the time as a kid, judge as much as you want, I also ate a rose once because In England it’s pretty common to get rose flavoured candy, did NOT taste anywhere near the same 😑🤣

Well i leave the skin on kiwis and people look at me funny for that.

I shave them first though. Im not a Neanderthal.

WAIT, WHAT? FUCK!

I used to think it meant "constant/unending sausage"

Sooo, I bet summer sausage just got that much more incredible now that you're not eating the wrapping paper it comes in