I used to love vienna sausages WHEN they were a pure pork formulation. It is now virtually impossible to purchase vienna sausages that are not adulterated with chicken. In fact, since chicken is listed in the ingredient list BEFORE pork, it implies there is more chicken than pork in the sausages. Obviously chicken is cheaper than pork so the formulation is a marketing decision, but I (for one) would gladly pay a higher price to get an unadulterated product. Despite the proliferation of chicken frank/hot dog products, it is still possible to purchase all-beef hotdogs. Why the difference in vienna sausages? Can anyone give a source for pure pork vienna sausages?
Welcome to the SDMB.
It is my understanding that Vienna Sausages are traditionally made with a mixture of beef, pork, and sometimes veal, not pork alone. Chicken, of course, is not traditional.
You can make your own, or maybe get a butcher shop to whip you up a batch. I have a recipe if you want it.
Hey, I love Vienna Sausages as much as the next guy(in fact, I just bought a can last week, much to Demo’s horror), but
I never dreamed anyone would consider the addition or increase of one more animal by-product as rendering them adulterated. I hate to think what they’ve done to my chorizo. 
Perhaps “adulterated” was too strong a term, but I find the the combination of chicken and pork to be unpalatable and unacceptable. If bibliophage’s assertion is correct (and I have no reason to doubt it) then why is not the formulation of which he speaks not still available? Perhaps someone can cite a Department of Agriculture or Food and Drug Administration reference/web site that would provide some definitions or specifications for “vienna sausage”. I have seen some wonderfully contrived verbage involving what constitutes “cheese” vs. “cheese food” vs. “cheese product” etc. Ditto for “frozen” vs. “deep chilled”. It just seems to me highly conspiratorial that every manufacturer of this product that I have been able to find has adopted this same formulation without offering the “original recipe”, albeit at higher cost. Has the consumer palate/pocketbook changed to the extent that we accept this economic flim-flamery without question?
Someone is asking for a heart attack…
They tried to get certified as kosher; they failed.
Same story for chorizo.
Damn…saw the thread and thought it was about sex.
There is beef chorizo, but I’ve never seen any that was kosher.
Sailor, I’m talking vienna sausages, not Slim Jims.
People! People! Soylent Sausage is made from PEOPLE! :eek:
