my friend mike brought me this sausage from Europe. Actually it's a 1/2 sausage, because he said his cat ate the other half. So I used it for making spaghetti tonight. It was really hard, like almost as hard as wood, but when it cooked it got softer. I also used some cheese that he brought me. He said it was the smelliest cheese ever, but I don't think so. It got a lot smellier when I through it into the sauce though. Anyhow, I had some of it earlier, it was pretty good, but it needs to be spicier.