Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m...
by bee_rider on Monday January 31, 2022 @07:13AM
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I think the expression "see how the sausage is made" is widely misused, here included.
While you might not have enjoyed your stint the sausage factory, sausages have a long, successful history. Handling meat safely is hard, and it has been done with varying levels of success over the years, but historically sausages weren't much worse than any of the other meats despite the nature of their creation, and with modern food standards they are pretty much safe when handled properly (of course proper handling depends on the type of sausage).
If you didn't like what you saw and, as a result, decided not to eat any more sausages, this seems more like a gut response on your end than any particularly deep insight into sausage production. People are generally aware that some of the steps in the process aren't nice to look at, but they judge the product based on the end result.
While you might not have enjoyed your stint the sausage factory, sausages have a long, successful history. Handling meat safely is hard, and it has been done with varying levels of success over the years, but historically sausages weren't much worse than any of the other meats despite the nature of their creation, and with modern food standards they are pretty much safe when handled properly (of course proper handling depends on the type of sausage).
If you didn't like what you saw and, as a result, decided not to eat any more sausages, this seems more like a gut response on your end than any particularly deep insight into sausage production. People are generally aware that some of the steps in the process aren't nice to look at, but they judge the product based on the end result.