Wednesday, November 22, 2006

WHY HAVE I NEVER EATEN DRAGON MEAT?

From the department of utterly ridiculous standards comes this:

A sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards’ officers warned manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.

The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.
This story is prompting me to investigate the manufacture of my own sausage products. What if there are no actual Italians in "Hot Italian Sausage" and *gasp* no October in my "Octoberfest Sausages?"

(link via The Flea)

Posted by Matthew @ 10:22 p.m.

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To think, all these years I've been eating Mennonite Farmers Sausage, and yet...

Posted by Blogger Etymologica @ November 29, 2006 4:14 p.m. #
 
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