There’s an old saying, often attributed to Otto von Bismarck (although that is doubtful) that correctly states:
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
True enough, but sausages remain popular. Now, as throughout history, making sausage is not only a good way to preserve animal protein in societies that lack refrigeration but is also a good way to use every part of an animal, including the unmentionable portions that would not otherwise be palatable; thus, von Bismarck’s famous caution.
Now, with inflation hitting many American families in the pocketbook, another (of many) indicator(s) is an uptick in sausage sales.
As American families battle the impact of rampant inflation, more are resorting to buying sausage as a meat alternative to cut back on consumer spending.
This, however, has some experts worried that the modest growth of sausage sales…