What’s in a sausage, what goes around it, and why do we cook them?
Are they really full of cardboard?
These are the big questions that have puzzled peckish people since forever.
Explainer: The science of the snag
To help us on our journey, Cosmos Magazine journalist Ellen Phiddian eats her way through the questions of whether or not snags can be made healthier with a prick, and everything else you’ve wondered about this backyard barbie staple.
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Originally published by Cosmos as What’s in a sausage?
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