John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

What is sausages made of?

Cervelat is the most popular Swiss sausage, made with pork or a combination of pork and beef. Diot is a traditional sausage hailing from the French region of Savoie. Sai ua, sobrassada, sheftalia, blodpudding, saucisse de toulouse, sai krok isan, knipp, and loukaniko too are a few more items to pay attention too. What are …

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Do sausages contain yeast?

An essential ingredient in baked goods, yeast is common in snack foods. You’ll find it in breads, cereals, fermented foods, overripe fruits, yogurt, aged cheeses and condiments, including vinegar-based salad dressings and mayonnaise. Soy sauce and anything with vinegar may contain traces of yeast, which means you should avoid condiments such as mayonnaise, relish, olives,. …

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Why remove casing from sausage before cooking?

No you should not take the sausage out of the casing before cooking, you should also not pierce the sausages when cooking. The casing keeps the flavour and the moisture inside, so your sausages aren’t dry. Should you remove the casing from Italian sausage? Casing removal should only really be necessary when you just want …

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