Sassermeat

This is a sausage-like mixture of minced beef – now made mostly by butchers in Shetland – salted and spiced, and sometimes moulded into ‘square’ sausages in a tin of the type used for Lorne Sausages. It is thought to be of Scandinavian origin (Shetland was once part of Norway) and was originally a heavily salted and spiced mixture which was packed into an earthenware crock for use throughout the winter when fresh meat was not available.