Sausage, also known as Ridos, is a kind of sausage made of pork, starch (preferably potato starch), garlic, black pepper, salt and nitrate, and processed by pickling, stuffing, enema, boiling and smoking. It originated in Russia. The material is high-quality pork or beef, half is lean pork, about one third is fat pork, and some also add some lean beef. Because the appearance of sausage is jujube red, it is called red sausage by Harbin people. There are many ways to eat sausages, which can be eaten directly, roasted, barbecued, steamed, fried and boiled.

Can Shanghai sausage be eaten raw directly? Sausage can be eaten raw. There is another kind that should be cooked before eating.