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Steve Pope

Lou Decruss > wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:08:56 +0200, (Victor Sack)
>wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope > wrote:
>>
>>> Sometimes. Italian-Americans do it all three ways --
>>> in their sauces (which only some call "gravy"; my family
>>> did not), the sausages may be whole, or they may be
>>> sliced while in their casings, or they may be disgorged
>>> from their casings entirely and crumbled.
>>
>>Indeed - and similar things are done most everywhere, not just by
>>Italian-Americans.
>>
>>> I think the fact that Italian sausage is always sold
>>> in casings is mostly a convenience; and historically,
>>> in economically stressed times, you might not want to lose the
>>> food value (calories) of the sausage fat and the casing allows
>>> you to cook them without losing this.

>>I'd say it is mostly a semantic confusion. "Bulk sausage" appears to be
>>semantic nonsense native to America only.
>
>Semantic nonsense is certainly not limited to America.

Not to mention this is at most a semantic difference between
Americans and other English-speakers, as opposed to
"nonsense".

S.