Recipe - Basic Homemade Country Sausage

2 pound Lean pork (shoulder/butt or
trimmings)
One half pound Pork fatback
3 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 One half teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1 One half teaspoon Dried sage; crumbled fine
One half tablespoon Cayenne
1 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth cup Water

Coarsely grind the pork meat and fatback together into a large bowl. Add
the salt, black pepper, dried sage, cayenne, sugar and water and quickly
but thoroughly mix to combine. In a hot skillet fry a tablespoon of the
sausage until done, taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Shape sausage
into patties. In a skillet fry patties until browned on both sides and no
longer pink in the center. Serve hot. Yield: 2 One half pounds; about 15 patties
NOTES : Cooking Live Show #CL8814 Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8814
From: Angele Freeman jfreeman@netusa1.net Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:49:37
~0500 (EST)
Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by
ksmith3001@juno.com (Katherine L Smith) on Oct 24, 1997