"nefletch" > wrote in message
scommunications...
> first off, I am just a househusband who likes to help out
> by fixing breakfast before school/work, so I don't know
> too much.
>
> I like to fry up a little patty sausage to put in the gravy
> when making biscuits and gravy. If I fry it as a patty, and
> then try to break it up, it's just a time consuming task to
> tear it into little tiny bits, as it does not fall apart like
> hamburger. If I try to break it up before cooking, it's the
> same thing, time consuming and messy. The other day I
> thought it to be smart and try to mix it with a bit of flour
> and mix it together, thinking it would break up easier.
> Wow, did I have a sticky mess.....lol I could hardly get
> the goo off my hands. Anyone have a trick to make it
> easier to get small chunks of sausage outside of the time
> consuming task of breaking it bit by bit. thank you in
> advance.....
>

Make your own. Buy some ground pork, season, fry away. Breakfast sausage
is fairly simple or you can buy a pre-mixed seasoning and just add it to the
meat.