Prehistoric

The first sausages or preservation of meat can be traced back to the prehistoric. 
Ancient people becan te salt their meat so that they could preserve it and eat it later. 


Pre-historic societies used to these preocesses to preserve meat that could not be eaten near the time of the hunt when they could hunt for fresh meat.

Preservation of the meat was achieved by:

- Drying

- Salting

- Pickling

Written historic record of sausage dates to 1000 B.C.

- Sausage are also mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey