Cervelat sausage filled with meat and pork brains." Modern recipes do not include brains, and arose towards the end of the 19th century in Basel, as a reworking of the traditional recipe. The taste of the sausages depends on the region, but generally they are similar to that of a frankfurter, but with a smokier flavour and a texture brought about by its fat shape and the tightly wrapped natural casing. Various European semi-dry cervelat are similar to summer sausage in the U.S., and Thuringian sausage can be considered a type of cervelat. In Switzerland, cervelats are cooked (slightly smoked and
Criticism of Dish Network impossible to meet in order to take our negotiations public and likely force our programming off the air.” In October 2005, OLN (later Versus, now NBC Sports Network) became the new cable home for the NHL. Comcast, owners of OLN at the time, was demanding a pay raise from Dish. Dish refused, and pulled the network on October 21, 2005, sparking a six-month carriage dispute, which finally ended on April 24, 2006, the same day OLN had announced that it was going to relaunch as "Versus" in September of that year. On August 4, 2009, Dish Network sued ESPN for