An apparatus is for a meat-sausage portion and for a medicinal pill. The meat-sausage portion has an internal-core portion. The apparatus includes an elongated handle assembly configured for user manipulation. An elongated shaft longitudinally extends from the elongated handle assembly. The elongated shaft is configured to: (A) be insertable and extendable into the meat-sausage portion (B) operatively receive the internal-core portion once the elongated shaft is positioned into the meat-sausage portion to do just so (C) retain the internal-core portion of the meat-sausage portion for the case where the elongated shaft is operatively rotated and (D) be retractable along with the internal-core portion from the meat-sausage portion along with the internal-core portion.