Too dry dried sausages

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I was given a variety of very nice dried sausages. But they are actually a bit too dry and hard. Is there a way to rehydrate them a bit for eating with crackers and cheese or should I just plan to add them to a soup?

[c oliver]

Have you tried cutting them into very, very thin slices? You can usually pull the casing off then also. I use a cerrated knife.

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I've taken the casing off but the sausages are still so hard I can't really slice them thin. They are even too hard for my mandoline to slice.

[c oliver]

Holy cow! That IS hard. Good luck.

[scunge]

I have steamed or simmered in wine or apple juice real dried and hard salami and it was ok

[1cup]

I will try this--I have some leftover white wine I can use up this way. Thanks.

[Cheese Boy]

I remember a similar dilemma except this one involved overly dry salami.

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