Sausages, typically defined as a mixture of ground meat, combined
with spices and seasonings, often stuffed into some type of
casing and linked, were originally made as a means to salvage value
from trimmings and lower-value cuts of meat from all species
(about 9000 references in google scholar). Cooked sausage products
add great variety to food choices owing to an endless variety of
spices and flavorings