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(Denise in NH) wrote:

> Om, Ok, you've peaked my curiosity. I've never even considered making
> my own sausage, but your recipe sounds really good. Could you please
> elaborate a little on what you use for the meat? Do you grind the
> spices with the meat, or do you add them to the ground meat?

In the past, I've mixed turkey breast 50/50 with a fattier pork meat.
This time, it was about 50/50 lean pork (chops and loin with a mix of
shoulder and butt, I'd say about 20 to 25% fat). The mix varies a bit
with what is in the cheap pork packages for $1.49 per lb.

Our local store marks down pork that's fixin' to outdate.

>
> I have the grinder attachment for my Kitchenaid, and many of the spices
> in your recipe I grow in my herb garden. Whatever I don't grow myself,
> I already have in my cupboards, so it would seem like an easy thing to
> make. I probably wouldn't make sausage in casings, but patties, like
> you did.

Patties are easy, just more time consuming. I do prefer to use fresh
whenever possible but my herb garden (with the exception of the Mexican
Oregano bush) is due to be re-planted due to some outdoor remodeling
that needed to be done. It killed most of my live herbs on the West
side of the house. :-( Only the MO and the Dittany survived. I need to
re-plant some herbs at this point.

>
> Your recipe says the amount of spices "per pound". is that correct?

Yes. Sausage is one of the few things I actually measure out stuff for.

> I
> think 10 lbs at a time might be a bit much for just the two of us here,
> but I certainly would be willing to try 5 lbs.
>
> Just walk me through this a little more, what meat? How does it hold
> together?

See above. It's actually pretty forgiving.

> I'm thinking of meatloaf holding together better with eggs
> and breadcrumbs. Does the sausage hold it's shape easily? And anything
> else I need to know to make my first batch.
>
> Denise

No! Just pure meat. Don't worry about the fat. Sausage really needs it!
If you are going to add bread crumbs and eggs, that's ok, but will come
out more like meatloaf imho.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.