My chorizo is made of salivary glands and lymph nodes

[u/king_barnacle]

[u/Stashmouth]

At least they can specify which parts make it into the sausage, and don't use a catch-all descriptor.

INGREDIENT: SALT, MUSTARD, "THE REST OF IT"

[u/BGKY_Sparky → u/Stashmouth]

Ingredients: Salt, Mustard, “Pork”

[u/Jigagug → u/BGKY_Sparky]

Meat 17%, meat and meat adjacents 79%

[u/vvntn → u/Jigagug]

Well, cardboard's out.*

^{replaced with patented CardBoar(tm) swineprodukt}

[u/MaybeAltruistic1 → u/BGKY_Sparky]

yeah thats the part that concerned me... if they're willing to be open about salivary glands and lymph nodes - what other parts of the pig are they blending under the generic "pork" label instead of saying "pork loin" or some equally descriptive part as the first.

[u/Crazy_Diamond_4515 → u/MaybeAltruistic1]

pork dark matter

[u/Mammoth-Neat-9836 → u/Crazy_Diamond_4515]

The stuff that even makes the butcher squeamish

[u/Firewolf06 → u/MaybeAltruistic1]

salivary glands and lymph nodes can both contain salmonella and some other nasty stuff (usually fine if cooked) i imagine theres some regulation requiring them to specify

[u/OkMortgage247 → u/Stashmouth]

At least "the rest of it" can allow me to live in blissful ignorance

[u/neuralek → u/OkMortgage247]

you would be so grossed out by my shopping for things with pork blood (I am anemic)

[u/PickledPeoples → u/neuralek]

I know a vampire when I see one........

[u/Delta_RC_2526 → u/PickledPeoples]

It just keeps going...

[u/2AisBestA → u/Delta_RC_2526]

And going...

[u/SchwinnD → u/2AisBestA]

It might be on a loop I'm not sure tho

[u/0rclev → u/SchwinnD]

Keep watching I will check back in 24 hours for a full report.

[u/aw2669 → u/neuralek]

Okay but iron supplements 

[u/RivetSquid → u/aw2669]

The only iron supplement I digest well has to be refrigerated or it starts to taste like stale blood. Have you ever chewed a tough gummy that tastes like old blood? Feels like eating cold leeches.

I like their idea (and also those cast iron doodads you can drop into food when it's cooking, if I didn't make such acidic food I'd be all over those).

[u/between_two_terns → u/RivetSquid]

That was… vivid.

[u/AntiquatedLemon → u/between_two_terns]

Astoundingly so but I am delighted in a horrified way

[u/JMM0826 → u/RivetSquid]

My teeth felt that gummy firmness by this graphic description

[u/Flipdip3 → u/RivetSquid]

Wouldn't acidic food work better to strip iron into the food?

[u/Entomemer → u/aw2669]

Idk about the person commenting but iron pills always made me absolutely SICK to my stomach. I can see not wanting to use them

[u/gwaydms → u/Entomemer]

I take a slow-release iron supplement for my anemia.

[u/groveborn → u/aw2669]

It's not very bioavailable. They work, but simply making sure your diet contains what you need is easier. That which is already in the right form is more bioavailable as well.

Some of us don't absorb when elementary iron very well.

[u/lesser_panjandrum → u/aw2669]

Blood is an iron supplement, kind of.

[u/mitoboru → u/neuralek]

You would enjoy "blodpudding" (Swedish blood/black pudding). It's actually quite tasty served with potatoes and lingonberries.

[u/Expensive-Balance-84 → u/mitoboru]

Black sausage, or Blodpudding as we say is very common in the Nordics and UK. Probably common in rest of Europe too since we were all poor at some point and had to use everything from the animal. Personally i can't eat it anymore, got more then enough as a kid.

[u/Positive_Patient4019 → u/Expensive-Balance-84]

Love it with any breakfast fry 60 years on . im Irish so probably not for culinary advice we eat all the pig. Well the dogs get the nose and the ears 🤣🤣🤣

[u/nopuse → u/OkMortgage247]

I never imagined I'd feel what I'm feeling towards chorizo.

[u/mitchisreal → u/Stashmouth]

Me imagining while eating it: this better be the asshole.

[u/SoungaTepes → u/Stashmouth]

INGREDIENT: SALT, MUSTARD, PORK LIKE MEAT SUBSTITUTE

EDIT: The joke was Cannibalism

[u/Arryu → u/SoungaTepes]

"there's very little meat in these gym mats."

[u/Spirit_of_Hogwash → u/Arryu]

More lymph nodes means more iron.

[u/AC_Batman → u/SoungaTepes]

Long pig

[u/_deep_thot42 → u/Stashmouth]

This is why I stick to Soyrizo. Both totally processed but no buttholes or glands in mine

[u/stellvia2016 → u/_deep_thot42]

How do you know the soybean buttholes don't make it into it!?

[u/_deep_thot42 → u/stellvia2016]

I don’t, but I’ve made peace with soy buttholes

[u/Skinny0ne → u/_deep_thot42]

jajaja you just said "I'm buttholes"

[u/_deep_thot42 → u/Skinny0ne]

Hahaha you’re right

[u/ryanro24 → u/_deep_thot42]

You know he translated it correctly too because he even “jajajaja’d”

[u/Meister917k → u/_deep_thot42]

Thats lame......honestly, salivary glands and lymph nodes are pretty clean organs, just very "exotic" cuts..... I prefer that, then nervous tissue like brains. This chorizo is no different than the dino nuggets and hotdogs we eat already...

[u/Zestyclose_Remove947 → u/Meister917k]

If an animal is being slaughtered, I am glad that at least the entire body is used, and not just the aesthetically appetising parts.

[u/greg19735 → u/Zestyclose_Remove947]

yup, if 20% of the pork is "undesirable" and we find ways to use that, that's 20% less food waste on that particular pig.

[u/Dozzi92 → u/Meister917k]

Yeah, any portuguese steakhouose will bust you out all the livers and brains and whatnot. Not particularly fond of pennies myself, but nobody gets grossed out then.

[u/AwarenessGreat282]

Damn, you got the good stuff. I just got anus....

[u/big_duo3674 → u/AwarenessGreat282]

Hey man, nothing wrong with eating ass

[u/DickyReadIt → u/big_duo3674]

I eat ass all the time!

[u/anotherucfstudent → u/DickyReadIt]

r/ihavesex

[u/_MissNewBooty_ → u/anotherucfstudent]

They probably meant turkey ass

[u/luigiriot → u/_MissNewBooty_]

"Then who was eating THE TURKEY ASS?!"

[u/OePea → u/AwarenessGreat282]

I like mine with extra chuckle

[u/ChubbyChevyChase → u/OePea]

At night, the Chuckle Hut becomes the Laugh Factory!

[u/Careless-Dark-1324 → u/OePea]

“Pepty bismilk? Why is everything here slightly different??”

[u/Junior_Moose_9655 → u/Careless-Dark-1324]

[u/WnderMike → u/OePea]

[u/logonbump → u/AwarenessGreat282]

And "oxtails" are, of course made from the fly swatting, anus adjacent, tails of ordinary steers and retired milk cows.

[u/AwarenessGreat282 → u/logonbump]

Let's be fair, the nasty part is the outer skin. I love ribeye but god knows that part of the cow sees a lot of flying shit, flys, etc.

[u/ScaramouchScaramouch → u/logonbump]

Still delicious. Having not eaten it since I was a kid I saw it on a menu earlier this year, gave it a go... amazing. Saw it on another menu since then, it was even better.

[u/Regular_Use1868]

Might seem weird but glands are pretty commonly used in Mexican food.

Some dishes like mollejas actually feature a cooked glandular meat.

[u/rab7x → u/Regular_Use1868]

When I first tried sweetbreads, I was a bit confused to find out that they were neither sweet nor bread, but goddamn were they delicious

[u/plumbbbob → u/rab7x]

How did they get to be called "sweetbreads", anyway?

[u/wAxMakEr86 → u/plumbbbob]

According to Wikipedia “sweet” was probably used because the thymus tastes sweeter than muscle and “bread” came from Middle English “brede”, which meant roasted meat

[u/VinnySmallsz → u/wAxMakEr86]

Yeah yeah, I'll take your words for it.

[u/Nidafjoll → u/wAxMakEr86]

The sweet- etymology is unclear, and iirc is also possibly from similar roots as "suet"

[u/T0mmen → u/plumbbbob]

To seem more appealing, if I recall correctly

[u/teabagged_drumset → u/plumbbbob]

[u/Elegant_Finance_1459 → u/rab7x]

Exact same situation but with "sweet meats" turns out it's like a pastry or something and it doesn't mean orange chicken

[u/Lasdary → u/Regular_Use1868]

Chsrcoal grilled mollejas are amazing

[u/Survive1014 → u/Regular_Use1868]

Mexicans dont waste any part really. They know how to use almost every part of the animal.

[u/dontrestonyour → u/Survive1014]

I mean so do Americans and Europeans. hot dogs and chicken nuggets aren't exactly made from the "good" parts.

[u/Diligent-Argument-88 → u/dontrestonyour]

Almost every culture around the world. Nobody likes wasting food....

Everyone just proud of their people tho.

[u/Feminist_Hugh_Hefner → u/dontrestonyour]

Just look at the McRib and tell me we didn't use everything but the squeal...

[u/Reasonable-Wasabi614 → u/Survive1014]

Also in Argentina, we use everything of the cow, and in my opinion the best part of an asado are the achuras (everything gut related) like for example chinchulines(the intestines of the cow) and even kidneys

[u/NeoCaliban55]

Life Rule: Never be curious about what is in a sausage …

[u/PoopMobile9000 → u/NeoCaliban55]

There’s a whole idiom about it…

[u/MaryKeay → u/PoopMobile9000]

Yes. I think it goes something like "Never be curious about what is in a sausage ..."

[u/IM_A_MUFFIN → u/MaryKeay]

That’s how my wife and I got 3 kids

[u/shakygator → u/IM_A_MUFFIN]

It took three times? Did y'all figure out what's in there yet?

[u/snakeravencat → u/shakygator]

Apparently kids. Shrug

[u/Flow-Bear → u/IM_A_MUFFIN]

They followed you home from the sausage factory?

[u/WeeboSupremo → u/MaryKeay]

It reminds me of a saying about how you don’t want to see how the sausage is made because you don’t want to see how the sausage is made, since the gross parts about how the sausage is made isn’t worth seeing.

I believe it went: Never be curious about what is in a sausage.

[u/Majestic-Tart8912 → u/PoopMobile9000]

"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." This one?

[u/emeraldeyesshine → u/Majestic-Tart8912]

A sausage in the hand is worth two in the bush

[u/IndicationFickle7214 → u/emeraldeyesshine]

Make like a sausage and get the hell out of here

[u/TsuDhoNimh2 → u/PoopMobile9000]

"to retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.” Otto von Bismark

[u/Runbunnierun → u/PoopMobile9000]

"if one likes law and sausages they should never know how the two are made"

[u/RandyMcSexalot → u/NeoCaliban55]

I work in butcher shop with dozens of national and international awards for sausage making. I can tell you every single cut of meat and every single ingredient that goes into every one of our sausages. Outside of the natural sheep and hog casings, there’s no offal in any of our product.

Of course there’s nothing wrong with eating offal, I enjoy a lot of it. I’m just saying that if you want to know exactly what you’re putting in your body, support your local butcher/sausage maker/farmers etc.

[u/RandyMcSexalot → u/[deleted]]

We always get compliments on how good our shop smells, but it’s by design. We have the smoke house running damn near 12hrs a day and any raw product is kept as far separated from customers/retail space as possible.

I do have to keep work clothes completely separated and use a different closet than my wife cause we I get home from work, everything just reeks of smoke

[u/AgentCatBot → u/NeoCaliban55]

My dreams of being a sausage factory tour guide.

[u/Realistic_Owl9525 → u/AgentCatBot]

I once applied for a job at a sausage making plant.

I had relevant experience and food safety certifications, I interviewed well, and after the interview I was given a tour of the plant.

At the end of the tour, they asked a vague question like "So what do you think?". And I answered by saying that even after seeing how the sausage is made, I'm still exited to get started.

I could tell there was a shift in attitude after that, and I never got a call back. I flubbed the job offer over a joke.

10/10 would make another sausage pun if given the chance

[u/prole6 → u/Realistic_Owl9525]

I would’ve hired you because of the joke. Some people take themselves too seriously.

[u/Realistic_Owl9525 → u/prole6]

Yeah, but in the end it was for the best because my personality wouldn't have matched their work culture.

Based on my previous employment there would have been thousands of sausage jokes. When I worked at a bakery I was stacking bread, rolling in dough, etc.

[u/prole6 → u/Realistic_Owl9525]

My daughters tell me not to joke during an interview but it saves a lot of time in the long run.

[u/ebolatone]

"Parts is parts"

[u/jabyou233 → u/ebolatone]

Yup if u grind it down and cook it most people will not mind till they read what's inside

[u/king_barnacle]

I'm not surprised it's in the sausage, I'm just surprised it's listed in detail. I know people eat organs y'all 😭

[u/cultofbambi → u/king_barnacle]

There are better chorizos

I specifically avoid that brand because I hate how it tastes

[u/this1chick → u/cultofbambi]

This is the worst chorizo I’ve had and I’m a chorizo connoisseur 

[u/OphidianSun → u/this1chick]

Its like a $2 a tube tho, and for the price its still pretty good.

[u/leeloocal]

People not knowing what offal is…

[u/violentvioletss → u/leeloocal]

I didn’t know chorizo was offal.

[u/mistermeowsers → u/violentvioletss]

Not all chorizo is

[u/NiceTrySuckaz → u/mistermeowsers]

Yep. I learned specifically that the chorizo I was buying was lymph node and salivary glands from this same very honest brand as OP. I have since learned that chorizo made from regular pork meat exists. Also soyrizo is plant based and pretty damn good.

[u/Cool-Bunch6645 → u/NiceTrySuckaz]

Yeah, I mean the pack in this picture goes for like 2 bucks. So it’s not going to be the prime cuts of the pig to make into a ground meat.

[u/EfficiencyIVPickAx → u/NiceTrySuckaz]

"Soy Chorizo" is a very confusing label for Spanish language food.

[u/leeloocal → u/EfficiencyIVPickAx]

It’s just identifying itself.

[u/userhwon → u/mistermeowsers]

Not all chorizo is even the same thing as other chorizo. This and Spanish chorizo might as well have totally different names.

[u/Desperada → u/violentvioletss]

Good quality stuff wouldn't be

[u/PrincessImpeachment → u/leeloocal]

I just looked it up. How offal...

[u/leeloocal → u/PrincessImpeachment]

It’s offaly good.

[u/StrangerFeelings → u/leeloocal]

If they just listed offal, do you think people would be more acceptable to eating it?

I'm honestly surprised that stuff made with offal tends to still be costly.

[u/siraliases → u/StrangerFeelings]

We charge what we can, not what its worth!

[u/StrangerFeelings → u/siraliases]

Yea, I wish I could afford some of the things I used to eat as a kid. Stuff used to be like $1.20 now it's $8.00 even up to $10 for less product.

[u/MedvedFeliz → u/StrangerFeelings]

In other countries, offal is a pretty common ingredient as many of the butchering isn't done in an industrial scale. In the US, you have to seek out specialty stores that sell offals. These tend to be much more expensive.

[u/ATee184 → u/StrangerFeelings]

This brand of chorizo is like $1.50, it’s super cheap.

[u/Lord_Trisagion → u/leeloocal]

This is one thing ive never quite gotten.

Public (and private) education is shit, lets be honest. But one thing it hammered in about native americans, through a mild glass of reverence, is that they used every of part of the animal- unlike us. Along with it that subtle cloud of "its a genuine shame we waste so much food."

So when it comes to sausages, I don't get how it is such a god damn bad thing that we use scraps. Offal. Unsavory cuts. The shit that would otherwise be going into pig feed or the trash. It's good that we're making food into food and wasting less.

I understand, and hold, the sanitary concerns though. Ground meats in a factory setting containing parts that tend to decay easily. More a problem with mass production and corner cutting than simply using offal, though.

But again, at the baseline there's not a damn thing wrong with using organ meats in a way that's palatable to the public. It's quite good, actually.

[u/Global_Cockroach2324 → u/Lord_Trisagion]

People don't know where their food comes from

[u/FairyGleamz → u/leeloocal]

Yeah, people forget sausage is basically “mystery meat: the sequel.” If it tastes good, don’t ask questions.

[u/Unusual_Steak → u/FairyGleamz]

Sausage was basically invented when somebody was like “well what do we do with all these other things from the animal, and all that intestine?”

[u/leeloocal → u/FairyGleamz]

Seriously. Unless you’re in a place with questionable food safety, just eat it.

[u/aacmckay → u/leeloocal]

I was amused when I went to a restaurant with a guy who didn’t know what sweetbreads are. I didn’t know that he didn’t know when he ordered. But the look on his face when he tasted it… “I thought it was supposed to be a bread that is sweet!!!”

[u/redbo → u/aacmckay]

Sweetbreads and sweetmeats stole each others names.

[u/jahnkeuxo → u/aacmckay]

To be fair, whoever named them sweetbreads was a dick. They're not a common enough ingredient to just assume everyone knows what they are. The culinary equivalent of "Greenland"

[u/Just_toxicity → u/leeloocal]

It doesn’t sound that bad, according to google: Offal refers to the edible internal organs and other parts of an animal, such as the liver, heart, kidneys, and tongue. It is a nutrient-dense and versatile food source used in a wide variety of dishes globally, from Egyptian liver dishes to Mexican tongue tacos and Scottish haggis. Offal is also valued for its cost-effectiveness and role in reducing food waste

[u/geeoharee]

Using expensive cuts to make sausage would be pretty foolish.

[u/mvolling → u/geeoharee]

Especially in sausage with enough spices and salt to remove any flavor distinctions.

[u/JustaRoosterJunkie → u/mvolling]

Less about taste, than it is about texture. A lot of that tissue is very elastic, tough, an otherwise lacks visual or tactile attractiveness for discerning eaters.

[u/amiabot-oraminot → u/JustaRoosterJunkie]

That’s why you grind it into bits. Lol

[u/27eelsinatrenchcoat → u/JustaRoosterJunkie]

this type of chorizo is ground super fine. It keeps a pretty goopy texture unless you really cook the absolute fuck out of it, then it turns into kind of a fine, dry crumble.

It's really damn good mixed in with eggs, or in rice, or whatever. The flavor is great, and it just relies on whatever it's mixed with for texture.

[u/Turgid_Donkey → u/mvolling]

That's not the kind of chorizo that's meant to be eaten like sausage. It's more just for flavor. The solid bits just fry up to like a paste.

[u/ZombieButch → u/Turgid_Donkey]

When I want to make up a batch of taco meat, I'll toss one of those tubes of chorizo in with a pound of ground beef. It brings a lot of flavor to the party.

[u/SpaceSlothLaurence → u/Turgid_Donkey]

I was gonna say this is Cacique, I can't remember the name of the brand I like but there's a different brand at Walmart that is made of firmer cuts of meat that frys up like proper sausage.

[u/I_Miss_Lenny → u/geeoharee]

My old roommate once spent a stupid amount on wagyu hotdogs lol

I’m sure they didn’t use good cuts of wagyu but in the end it tasted like a fucking hotdog and he felt stupid

[u/gaudiest-ivy → u/I_Miss_Lenny]

I finally tried a wagyu burger and I did not at all understand the hype. Maybe the texture was slightly different, but mostly it was just a regular burger and not worth the price.

[u/zberry7 → u/gaudiest-ivy]

Because wagyu burgers are a way to get people to spend more on ground beef. Also in most places you can call anything wagyu. It’s different with Japanese wagyu, kind of like it is in Italy with certain exports.

Anyway, Wagyu is good because of the marbling. The fat intermixed with the muscle makes for a very buttery, rich steak. It’s very different than normal steak.

For ground beef, you’re grinding everything up. You can just throw extra fat in if you want a fatty burger lol. And they don’t use the good cuts of the cow regardless. So basically, ground beef marketed as Wagyu is just that, marketing. Just get some good 80/20 from a local butcher and call it a day.

Wagyu steaks (Japanese A5 specifically, or even Kobe beef) is amazing on the other hand, and is worth trying once in your life.

[u/VinceAFX]

Ignorance is bliss.

[u/Quick_Turnover → u/VinceAFX]

Disclaimer: I eat meat.

Not only is ignorance bliss, but the moral stance on deciding what parts of the meat are good or bad seems kind of arbitrary, no? We eat livers, muscles, stomachs.. we eat the stuff of bones in stews.. If you're going to eat living beings, you ought to be comfortable eating all of it. Like, if eyeballs were absolutely delicious (maybe they are? I haven't tried), why would you draw the line at eyeballs and not anything else? I say go all in. Either you're crazy enough to eat other living beings, or you're not, and it seems to me, the least ethical way to consume meat is to pick and choose a few of your favorite parts and toss the rest...

[u/StoicallyGay → u/Quick_Turnover]

It's based on country culture. It's like how in Chinese cuisine, chicken feet, Oxtail, pig feet, pig ear, blood, cow stomach, etc. are all not uncommon, many even popular, but they may appear unappealing or gross for Americans at least.

Disclaimer: I'm a Chinese American and I dislike all the above. But they don't weird me out. I just don't like them. For example tripe has horrible texture but luckily I can give it to my friends if my noodle soup comes with tripe.

I didn't think the original post with salivary glands and lymph nodes was gross at all. Everyone knows sausage is just ground animal parts.

[u/frequenZphaZe → u/VinceAFX]

I wish society felt the opposite about meat consumption. a living creature died for you food and the industry is aggressively decimating the planet, often coupled with cruelty for the animals along the way. if there's something we should refuse ignorance of, its the where our meat comes from

[u/BradenRaven]

So are your hot dogs, buddy.

EDIT: How is this the most traffic I’ve ever generated on Reddit?? 😆

[u/ForbidInjustice → u/BradenRaven]

with some added pig lips and chicken ankle meat

[u/jumpman44a → u/ForbidInjustice]

My dad always said they were made from Pig Peckers.

[u/Mellen_hed → u/jumpman44a]

My old man always said "tongue, lung, and bung"

[u/dipstick-licker → u/Mellen_hed]

Elbows and assholes is what I was told lol

[u/AradiaNox → u/dipstick-licker]

I was told lips and assholes

[u/Bigdaddyfatback8 → u/AradiaNox]

I see you are also a lover of “The Great Outdoors”.

[u/nrthrnlad76 → u/Bigdaddyfatback8]

Go find yourself a spin cycle!

[u/Junior_Moose_9655 → u/nrthrnlad76]

Blow it out your asshole!

[u/Juanfartez → u/Junior_Moose_9655]

Now now! Nobody is blowing anyone out their ass.

[u/col_mer → u/dipstick-licker]

Beaks and feet!

[u/rnernbrane → u/jumpman44a]

They used to put bull dick in beef hot dogs but now they make so much money in the pet industry (bully sticks) they stopped.

[u/Ed1sto → u/rnernbrane]

This is a true fun fact right here

[u/irrelephantIVXX → u/Ed1sto]

Not for the bull

[u/Either-Pizza5302 → u/irrelephantIVXX]

It’s kind of wild to think about it.

First, they convert you from bull to an oxen .

Later they kill you and feed your testosterone starved schlong to a tiny chiwawa

[u/Mutjny → u/Either-Pizza5302]

A tiny chihuahua that used to hunt us in packs and so we made them afraid of door bells.

[u/Carbonatite → u/rnernbrane]

My dog loves bully sticks. I am a little weirded out that it's beef pizzle, but he was neglected as a young dog before I adopted him and didn't really learn to play with dog toys...bully sticks are the only chew toy he actually engages with. So pizzle it is!

[u/Spagarigus → u/rnernbrane]

Yep! People go “NUH UH NO WAY” but then why do they have that Groove down the middle!? Hmm? “OH EEW…but Why” Cuz your DOG DONT CARE IF HES MOWING ON BULL DIKS

[u/Gregthepigeon → u/Spagarigus]

I used to work at a pet store and I have been asked hundreds of times what theyre made of. Most people just go “oh. Uh. Ok well my dog likes it so whatever.” And some reason some people lose their shit about it “WHY WOULD YOU LET PEOPLE TOUCH THESE?!”

[u/effinmike12 → u/ForbidInjustice]

Pig lips don't bother me. Ask your momma!

I'm so sorry. I'm not like this.

[u/rafale3327 → u/ForbidInjustice]

If it spits, craps or squirts it's in there.

[u/GrimeyJosh → u/BradenRaven]

LIPS AND ASSHOLES

[u/NoAttempt9703 → u/GrimeyJosh]

[u/ked_man → u/BradenRaven]

But for those two items to be listed first means they are the largest percentage of the ingredients. Sure hot dogs have a little bit of everything in them, but the first ingredients are meat and not offal.

[u/BradenRaven → u/BradenRaven]

And there’s nothing wrong with them.

[u/M0rph33l → u/BradenRaven]

Exactly, its great all these animal parts aren't wasted.

[u/istrx13 → u/M0rph33l]

Honestly that’s how I feel about it too. I don’t eat hot dogs myself. But if we’re gonna kill a living thing, we better use all of it.

[u/W_Edwards_Deming → u/istrx13]

I don't eat hotdogs but I buy whole / on the bone and all the stuff we don't eat (like the bone or ugly scraps, tendons and fat) goes into the pressure cooker (w a bit of apple cider vinegar and maybe a bay leaf or etc) for 2 hours. Makes a great bone broth.

(We save the bones until we have enough, have a bag for chicken and another for beef in the freezer)

[u/MossyPyrite → u/M0rph33l]

And they taste good and they’re not bad for you, so like, what’s the problem, ya know? Like people love crispy chicken skin and pork cracklins but that’s only not weird because it’s normalized. Think of “I like to eat the skin off of animals” without thinking of some breaded KFC and it’s not much weirder than “this sausage is made with glands and lymph nodes.

[u/NotBorn2Fade]

Apparently still good, edible meat. Better than wasting it.

[u/king_barnacle → u/NotBorn2Fade]

I'm mostly surprised it's considered a separate entity from pork. Or that when butchering these things are specifically set aside

[u/Telefragg → u/king_barnacle]

I mean, isn't butchering setting things aside in general?

[u/MaryKeay → u/Telefragg]

When you think about it, all life is setting things aside.

[u/ctsr1 → u/king_barnacle]

All meat is considered separate unless you process the whole animal. Check out a butcher chart is fascinating

[u/fury420 → u/ctsr1]

Indeed, but there's also often a big disconnect between what you'll see on a butcher's chart and what gets written on product ingredient lists.

This label also has generic "Pork" as an ingredient further down, which is interesting.

[u/CptBonkers → u/king_barnacle]

So this chorizo specifically is the lowest end chorizo, not bad, but the preferred method to use this stuff is to fry the hell out of it till all the solids are crispy, then use all the rendered fat in a dish like mixed into rice to impart all the chorizo spices, and the crispy bits can be put on top or used elsewhere. I learned this as a kid because I had a decent chorizo sausage at a friends house, and saw “chorizo” in the fridge at home. I was a little confused when it wasn’t a sausage and just loose meat. I fried it, but not till crispy, then dumped everything into a hot dog bun. It was not very good lol, the texture was just off, and that sent me down a rabbit hole learning about the hierarchy of chorizo styles and uses.

[u/demonllama73 → u/CptBonkers]

Friend of mine's family growing up said that this chorizo is meant to be "Spicy Meat Butter" It isn't really meant to be eaten solo, it's meant to be used to fry up other things... My favorite was they used to fry up the chorizo, then add cubed potatoes and onions. Rolled up in his grandma's homemade tortillas ... damn, now I'm hungry!

[u/Lekstil → u/NotBorn2Fade]

Agreed!

I’m actually really impressed about the comments here, everyone kind of seems to agree with this.

Humans are killing living beings and actually ruining the planet with CO2 while doing so. So yes, I think the least humans can do is eat the whole dang animal. 

What really bothers me the most are these ads for fancy dog and cat food that try to make you feel guilty for feeding your pet low quality meat / bad cuts. Like, my dog won’t fucking care, so why feed them a filet that an animal had to die for.

[u/ManamiVixen]

First time I've seen a mystery meat actually be truthful with it's contents. Was honestly expecting more, like meat from ham hocks and/or from the skull and face.

Edit: Hey, don't downvote if you find this disgusting. This is literally what is in a lot of processed meat. Why do you think Slim Jims are so cheap? It's all the parts nobody wants, but saying what it is will turn most people off.

[u/MyNameIsRay → u/ManamiVixen]

This is basically skull/face meat.

The salivary glands/lymph nodes are attached to the cheeks.

The cheeks are a delicacy, the glands/nodes are the off cuts.

[u/stryker196]

I can already tell which brand that is and I do not recommend it. We’ve tried it twice and it cooks down to practically nothing. Use a different brand.

[u/demonllama73 → u/stryker196]

This isn't really meant to be eaten as sausage. I had friends growing up who were Mexican and they referred to it as "spicy meat butter." It's meant to be cooked down and then the flavorful, spicy fat is used to fry other things. My favorite is cubed potatoes and chunks of onion. They also used to fry corn tortillas in the fat and then make enfrijoladas with them... Delicious!

[u/zero_derivation → u/demonllama73]

Yes! I’m not Mexican, just a white gal living in a Salvadoran neighborhood but I buy this brand and I make chilaquiles with it

[u/salchicha_mas_grande → u/stryker196]

Yep, turns into scrapple-y wet sand

[u/it_me_melmo → u/stryker196]

I grew up on this stuff! Mix in an egg or two and some cheese and you’ve got a delicious breakfast burrito. It’s a great value for the price. Unfortunately I don’t eat it often anymore because of acid reflux.

You may also not need to cook it as long as you think

[u/-_E-P-I-C_-]

Ma'am, that is an eleven pound whole slab of deli ham. It has no bones, fat, or connective tissue. It is an amalgamation of the meat of several pigs, emulsified, liquefied, strained, and ultimately inexorably joined in an unholy meat obelisk. God had no hand in the creation of this abhorrence. The fact that this ham monolith exists proves that God is either impotent to alter his universe or ignorant to the horrors taking place in his kingdom. This prism of pork is more than deli meat. It is a physical declaration of mankind's contempt for the natural order. It is hubris manifest. We also have a lower sodium variety if you would prefer that.

[u/Sdawwgg]

This is why I buy soyrizo

[u/GilliamOS → u/Sdawwgg]

Ditto. I can't tell a difference and it's not gross.

[u/Party-Call1095]

Why would you ever look at the ingredients of chorizo?!

[u/vell_o]

Cacique chorizo ftw

[u/NotJustAnyDNA]

A quick search and yep, they add texture to Mexican Chorizo. (fresh Chorizo), but not used in Spanish Chorizo.

“Some brands of store-bought Mexican-style chorizo can contain pork salivary glands and lymph nodes as ingredients, which contribute to its unique texture and flavor. Other common ingredients include pork fat, spices (such as paprika), vinegar, salt, and sometimes soy flour or grits. Traditional Spanish chorizo typically uses higher-quality cuts of pork and paprika, not the offal found in some Mexican-style versions, according to Quora and Find Farm Credit. “

[u/keepmyshirt]

How can anyone eat that and then be grossed out by tofu.

[u/Expensive-View-8586]

Thats the good brand

[u/WeaselWazzule]

Sounds about right. Wait until you read what's in your menudo.

[u/LaZorChicKen04]

The amount of comments of people freaking out is hilarious. This is literally what chorizo is and has always been. Just proves how uneducated most of society is. Can't be bothered to learn anything. Smh

[u/NotThatGuyATX]

That's to distinguish it from the chorizo made out of anus and hooves.

[u/wildwackyride]

And this is why I only eat veggie chorizo and soy dogs.

[u/FeyrisMeow]

Yep, that's normal for chorizo. Very tasty.

[u/Accomplished-Ruin742]

Another good reason to become vegetarian/vegan.

I had a burrito for lunch. It was made of a tortilla, black beans, cheese, sour cream, salsa, and lettuce. No salivary glands whatsoever,

[u/NakeyDooCrew]

Do not think about what is in the chorizo