# Most popular sausage where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 10, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305 "2022-12-10T17:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/61 "2022-12-11T18:34:02Z")
Minor gods perhaps, but the food of the head-honcho God is surely scrapple. Scrapple is a Philadelphia breakfast staple. It’s kind of an anemic looking, gray sausagy brick made from the most disgusting parts of pigs, mixed with cornmeal and spices. But, when you slice it up and fry it with eggs, it is simply divine. It will certainly appease the gods so they won’t smite you. > **[Scrapple - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia](https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/scrapple/)** > > Scrapple is a loaf of cooked pig parts thickened with cornmeal or buckwheat usually spiced with sage and pepper. [https://lehighvalleygoodtaste.com/articles/brief-history-scrapple/](https://lehighvalleygoodtaste.com/articles/brief-history-scrapple/) > **[A Tasty History of Scrapple, In Honor of National Scrapple Day - MyChesCo](https://www.mychesco.com/a/lifestyle/food-dining/a-tasty-history-of-scrapple-in-honor-of-national-scrapple-day/)** > > Affectionately nicknamed "mystery meat" by some, scrapple is a beloved culinary tradition in Chester County and the Mid-Atlantic region. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/62 "2022-12-11T18:58:57Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > It’s kind of an anemic looking, gray sausagy brick made from the most disgusting parts of pigs, mixed with cornmeal and spices. I once heard a Philadelphia native describe the ingredients of scrapple as “every part of the pig but the ‘oink’.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/63 "2022-12-12T00:29:32Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I have been told that when the term went across the ocean to Argentina it transformed into a beef cut that we would call _filete_, a simple steak. I may be wrong on that one, perhpas @Frodo can confirm (I guess it is complicated anyway). Not exactly, we still call a Chorizo a Chorizo, but there’s also something called “Bife de Chorizo” which contrary to expectations is not a fileted(sp?) chorizo but a beef cut as you say. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/64 "2022-12-12T03:16:21Z")
Interesting question, I’d say, arguably, for my corner of the world, the chorizo. We have a pretty good size mexican population with lots of mexican grocery stores _and_ and fairly sizable basque community as well. I can get chorizos that are short and plump and eaten like a hot dog or I can get a chorizo that is long and more like a dry salami, depending on where I’m shopping. ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/65 "2022-12-12T19:40:02Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Chicago area, the top ones would likely be: > > - Hot dogs > - Polish sausage I’d add under Polish Sausage specifically Maxwell Street Polish. And of course the hot dog does not have ketchup on it. Not sure why I couldn’t get kenobi\_65’s third choice to print, but in the Chicago area the Italian sausage is typically served as a sandwich, often with sweet or hot peppers or both. “Hot peppers” is a bit of a misnomer, since what’s meant is hot giardiniera. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/66 "2022-12-12T21:09:18Z")
_Bratwurst_ can mean so many different things, the term is almost meaningless. They can be bought cooked, smoked, cured, emulsified white veal, beef/bison/chicken/lamb, fresh made in back, fresh Johnsonville-style, stadium-type, studded with cheese/bacon/mushroom/hot peppers, etc. > [@anny\_m](#): > > Not sure why I couldn’t get kenobi\_65’s third choice to print, but in the Chicago area the Italian sausage is typically served as a sandwich, often with sweet or hot peppers or both. It is but Italian sausage is also our most popular pizza topping which won’t get any disagreements from me. It’s also pretty popular as an an accompaniment to red sauced pasta, either with an single entree or as part of a catering package. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/67 "2022-12-12T22:26:36Z")
The only difference is that the Italian sausage often uses a bigger bun, more of a hoagie roll. But I consider hot dogs sandwiches, too — there’s really little difference between an Italian sausage and a hot dog other than the Italian needs a bigger bun to accommodate it (though I have had smaller Italians in a regular bun.) Bratwurst in Wisconsin are often served on a hard roll (like in Kenosha). Does that make it any less of a sausage? Or am I not understanding the distinction you are making? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/68 "2022-12-12T22:40:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Bratwurst in Wisconsin are often served on a hard roll (like in Kenosha) The Sheboygan hard roll (aka Semmel roll) is de rigueur in my area, Milwaukee and northward to at least Manitowoc. It’s a version of a Kaiser roll with a harder/crispier yet thin crust. [The Sheboygan Hard Roll](https://thetakeout.com/best-bread-wisconsin-sheboygan-hard-roll-where-to-buy-1849557926) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/69 "2022-12-12T22:43:33Z")
_Bratwurst_ in turn is a German word that means sausage that is fried on a pan: _braten_ is cooking, either on a pan with a little oil or in the oven and _Wurst_ means sausage. So of course it can mean a lot of different sausages, as most sausages can be fried in a pan. Even in Germany there are uncountable _Bratwürste_. As an aside, there is an Italian pizza that uses _Frankfurter/Wiener Würste_ (both terms are used for practically the same thing, which is similar in size and consistency to what you in the USA use for hot-dogs too) and french fries (freedom fries? you know the kind… 😉 ) and they call it _Pizza con wurstel e patate_. Yes, _wurstel_, not _Würste_ or _Würstchen_. The name is hilarious for a German, but the concoction itself… well, judge yourself: [![](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/04/71/15/c9/myosotis.jpg) ](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/04/71/15/c9/myosotis.jpg) It is not the most popular pizza in Italy, but not so seldom either. Somebody must like it. And somebody even came up with it! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/70 "2022-12-12T22:47:50Z")
Dammit! I meant Sheboygan, not Kenosha! My brain has for some reason decided to mix those two up for the last few months for who knows what reason. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/71 "2022-12-12T22:48:26Z")
In honor of this thread, I grilled 18 Italian sweet sausages, removing casings during the initial thaw. I’ll eat them for lunches and diced into my morning omelets. Will share a few with the dogs and bird also. How long would it take you to tire of sausages? A friend works at the plant where these are made and occasionally gives me enough to feed a village. I freeze most and gradually go through them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/72 "2022-12-12T22:51:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I meant Sheboygan, not Kenosha! My brain has for some reason decided to mix those two up Dem’s fightin’ words, en so? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/73 "2022-12-12T22:52:40Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > well, judge yourself: That pizza looks like it was made by a pizzaiolo who has just completely given up. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/74 "2022-12-12T22:56:32Z")
Or he was completely wasted and had a bad case of the munchies. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/75 "2022-12-12T22:56:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Sheboygan hard roll (aka Semmel roll) is de rigueur in my area, Milwaukee and northward to at least Manitowoc. It’s a version of a Kaiser roll with a harder/crispier yet thin crust. Definitely a thing as far north as Green Bay, especially for bratwurst. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/76 "2022-12-12T22:59:47Z")
And “hard roll” may be a bit of a misnomer, but makes sense in contrast with a regular soft roll. When I first had a Sheboygan brat on a hard roll, I was expecting something much denser and, well, harder. But it’s quite airy and soft in the center, with just a bit of a thin, hard(-ish) exterior. It’s a nice textural contrast. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/77 "2022-12-12T23:01:40Z")
Yeah, you might be right. What really gets me is the ingredients look like they were just tossed on the pizza from across the room with no regard to placement, and it looks like it could use just a bit more time in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/78 "2022-12-13T01:26:32Z")
I would add hot links in the Lou ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/79 "2022-12-13T02:31:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Dammit! I meant Sheboygan, not Kenosha! My brain has for some reason decided to mix those two up for the last few months for who knows what reason. They’re easy to tell apart: the guy in my freshman dorm who was incapable of wearing socks with his penny loafers was from Kenosha and the guy who kept a murky jar of gefiltefish in his minifridge was from Sheboygan. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305/80 "2022-12-13T02:40:29Z")
Hah. I go to Sheboygan reasonably often enough (at least once a year for the past few years). They even have a pizza place called Il Ritrovo that is supposed to be top-tier Neapolitan pizza (which I haven’t had the chance to visit yet for who knows what reason – too busy eating Sheboygan brats at Charcoal Inn). Whereas I pretty much never visit Kenosha. And my favorite workmate in college was a girl from Sheboygan. Why my brain now muddles them … I don’t know. Aging is weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-popular-sausage-where-you-live/976305.md?page=5)