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Default old family Italian sausage recipe

Goomba38 wrote:
> Vilco wrote:
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>> Keep into account that fennel seeds are very common in sausages or
>> salami from the central and southern parts of Italy, while moving
>> north of the Apennines you'll find always more products without fennel
>> seeds. Some salami also derive theyr name directly from fennel
>> ("finocchio") as the various "finocchiona" you find in Tuscany and
>> some other central region.

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> That would explain why I expect them so! My family is from outside of
> Benevento.


My family is from Bagnoli del Trigno (region is Molise, province is
Isernia), also in the southern zone of Italy.
Mickey