Nels, next time you make sausage try mixing your spices with ice cold water before applying to your meat mixture. You will get a much more even distribution of spice this way. Also hot water is a bacteria delight when making sausage. You need to keep your meat mixture as cold as possible at all times. Enjoy, nothing beats homemade sausage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nels Peterson family" <npkp4jp@polarcomm.com> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:27 AM Subject: [CH] Fresh Sausage > Greetings > > We got our pork today -- son number 2 came home from college for the evening > and we made sausage. 10# of meat per batch. Thanks to everyone that > provided chorizo recipes -- I sorta 'bastardized' what you gave me to make > my own. > > Nels in ND > > Sausage Recipes > 10# ground meat > (60 - 40 split pork/beef) > I put the dry ingredients in a blender to grind and blend the spices. > Put the seasonings over ground meat, mix by hand, pour approximately one cup > hot water over mixture and mix some more. I packaged the meat in about 1 > pound packages. > > Fresh Pork Sausage > > 5 T. curing salt > 1 T Black Pepper > 1 T garlic granules > ¼ t ginger > ¼ t allspice > ¼ t thyme > 1 t salt > > Chorizo > > 5 T curing salt > 1 T black pepper > 5 T ground chiles > 2 T garlic granules > 5 t oregano > 2 t cumin > 1 t coriander > > Italian Sausage > > 5 T curing Salt > 3 T garlic Granules > 2 T fennel seed > 1 T paprika > 2 t thyme > 2 t black pepper > 3 t red pepper > ½ t nutmeg > ½ t coriander > >