On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 3:33:02 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 06:07:07 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 7:30:59 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 04:05:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> .. .
> >> >> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:33:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >>>> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:31:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> >>>> > wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> om...
> >> >>>>>> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:05:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> >>>>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:32:27 -0400, wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> Tonight's dinner was grilled Eyetalian Saw-Seege on hard Porteuguese
> >> >>>>>>>> rolls with sliced on the vine tommy toes and a few lettuce leaves.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>Lettuce and tomato on an Italian sausage sandwich? Talk about
> >> >>>>>>>culinary moronism, that really takes first place, there.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>https://www.google.com/search?q=Ital...nms&tbm= isch
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> There's a rule about what can go on a sandwich with Italian sausage?
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>They're served hot. The most common things they'd be served with are
> >> >>>>>peppers
> >> >>>>>and onions. Maybe cheese and tomato sauce. I could even see tomatoes,
> >> >>>>>perhaps. But not lettuce.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> But if you have them cold...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Cold sausage sounds nasty.
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't you eat cold salami? Wait, there are many things you don't eat.
> >> >> Let me rephrase it: don't many people eat cold salami?
> >> >
> >> >I have used hard salami in pasta salad. That's cold. Is salami a sausage? I
> >> >don't know. I can't stand the stuff. What else is it used for? I think I
> >> >have also put it in Easter pie along with other meats but I can't stand that
> >> >either. We never had it when I was growing up. Only time I can recall from
> >> >my childhood was an episode of The Partridge Family when the oldest two kids
> >> >said they could go for a salami sandwich. So I had heard of it but beyond
> >> >that, I got nothing.
> >>
> >> Yes, I think salami's a sausage.
> >
> >Someone will probably tell me I don't know what I'm talking about,
> >but salami is a type of sausage that is cured, fermented, and
> >somewhat dried.
> >
> >> I don't know if this is international, but in the Netherlands,
> >> salami's sliced cold and thin to be put on bread. I think that's
> >> called cold cuts?
> >>
> >> <https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/boterham-met-salami-1388493.jpg>
> >
> >Yes, salami is used that way in the U.S. I've seen it cut into
> >a fairly large dice and used in cold pasta salads, tossed salads,
> >and other salad-like dishes.
> >
> >We've got a pretty wide variety of types of salami in the U.S.,
> >from German-style, to Italian-style, to some that are uniquely
> >American.
> >
> >It's also eaten hot, although I'd say that's not extremely common.
> >I know a place where you can get salami added to a hamburger,
> >you can get it on pizza, and there are any number of sandwich shops
> >where you can get it heated on a sub.
> >
> >Pepperoni is a salami, and that's extremely common on pizza.
> >
> >What Julie doesn't know about sausage (of all kinds) could fill a
> >large book. Since she doesn't care for it, I don't expect her
> >to know very much about it.
>
> I don't know much about sausage either, but I grew up with a few
> types: salami and metworst, for instance. I always thought the
> difference between salami and metworst was the presence or absence of
> garlic, but there's probably also salami without garlic.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metworst

Metworst looks wonderful. I tried to find out if it's cured, fermented,
or what. It might ferment naturally as it dries.

Cindy Hamilton