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Why Do Southerners Love Giving Summer Sausage as Gifts? What the Heck Is Summer Sausage?

Every Christmas morning, my father’s stocking sticks out from the others, appearing as though it is heavy with something stodgy, which it actually is. Every time there’s a large, juicy summer sausage buried at the bottom, he appears genuinely astonished and thrilled. It’s a custom that many Southern households follow. When summer sausage starts to

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