At 01:37 PM 2/15/98 RSA-2, Peter Moss wrote: >Anyone ever combined mashed/smashed/blenderised chiles with the >meat used in sausage making? What I mean here is you end up >with a chile - meat sausage. There is a large local Italian population here off Exit 109, and they have sold hot Italian sausage made with crushed red pepper flakes for decades. It even has a distinct reddish hue. I've made it with red pepper and extra garlic. Never tried it with habs tho... =Mark @ http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens @ Where ya from? Jersey. Yeah? What Exit?