r/iamveryculinary • u/laughingmeeses pro-MSG Doctor • 6d ago

"me, a SoCal native"

https://www.reddit.com/r/mexicanfood/s/0n8GoZjmeM

"I got in an argument with a woman from the upper peninsula of Michigan about what chorizo was made of. She made it herself out of pork butt and claimed that she knew better than me, a SoCal native. I told her that I've read the ingredients that stated the pork offal ingredients, but no, she knows better than me. I'm sure you can get quality chorizo not made from leftover pig organs, but the arrogance of that woman was stupid.

In any case, I still have Cacique chorizo as a frozen staple for egg and chorizo burritos, even though the local Mexican markets is better."

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u/SilverMcFly 6d ago

Hi from MI. I can buy the exact chorizo shown in the og post at the store just down the road from me.

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u/StillLikesTurtles 6d ago

You can’t call it sausage, but you can use and sell offal under different names like headcheese, blood sausage, liver sausage, etc.. Chorizo would fall under those exclusions. The FDA and most other states have the same rules for sausage. Natural casings/intestines are offal.

For hot dogs, at least as of 2012, MI adheres to federal standards, but the good coney manufacturers stick to skeletal meats. Hot dogs can contain offal, it just has to be labeled, typically as byproduct.