I freeze practically everything, and they say it can affect the quality, but I never noticed any affect on anything, except on cheese.
Thanks guys. I've never frozen any SS and was hesitant to do so fearing it would affect the quality.
I don't make my own SS, but the above post does make sense. Makes me think of the Hickory Farms SS. They don't seam to have a problem keeping it at room temps. Don't know.
Properly made fermented and dried summer sausage doesn't require refrigeration. Most of the stuff that folks call summer sausage these days is too wet to not spoil without refrigeration.