"Russian Sausages, Authentic Recipes and Instructions" is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn how high-quality sausages were made in the past. Even today, those time-proven recipes are of immense value to people living off grid, on rural farms, or involved in hunting, given that the manufacturing steps for Russian sausages were designed with preservation in mind, allowing them to be kept at room temperature for most of the year.
Those techniques were developed out of necessity due to the damage that Russia incurred during the 1st and 2nd World Wars. It shall be noted that these recipes were actually used by Russian meat plants to produce sausages for the general population. Given that the government owned those plants, manufacturing standards were enforced by government meat inspectors, and the quality and appearance of finished products were consistent. The sausages looked and tasted the same regardless of where they were made. And adding chemicals was not permitted.
There is a collection of 126 recipes that were chosen for their originality and historical value. They have enormous value as study material and as a resource for making meat products and sausages. By reading this material, one can get a full understanding of the process and create quality products at home.
