gtr wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 2016-03-09 00:39:58 +0000, cshenk said:
>
> > Hi all, this mix can be doubled and tripled and stored in a jar for
> > use.
> >
> > Add this to ground pork, mix well. I normally add about 1 TB to a
> > 1.5lb of ground pork but taste test that to see if it's more than
> > you want.
>
> I suppose my confusion upstream was that if I tasted this to see if
> it was "MORE than you want" I can't un-more it. I could instead cheat
> your suggestiong to see if it was underseasoned; that I could recover
> from. In any case, I trust your experience and intend to use your
> recommendation as is. Call my insane! But that's the kind of
> trusting guy I am.

Well, I like them well spiced so if there is time, (I've been off a few
days) separate the meat in 1/2 and spice the rest my way then test. If
you feel its too strong, mix more unspiced meat in there to level it
down.

My main frustration with most online recipes for fresh sausage, wasw it
was so weak, it tasted like fried ground pork, when I wanted something
more like Jimmy Deans spice levels.

> > I make it into patties and freeze as is to cook when ready.
>
> This stuff smells great! I'm fixing to add this to my newly acquired
> pork-contaminated-by-beef that will undoubtedly kill me, after I
> roast the chicken. But before I die, what size patties do you make
> for this stuff to use at breakfast? More like 1.5 oz or more like 2
> oz? I know, I could cook a breakfast with both sized test patties
> see but thought I'd ask first.

I generally do not think in oz levels. I make a plop of a scant 2 TB
in my palm then flatten that out reasonably well and freeze like that
for later use. 2 per person. It would be probably 1.5-2TB each but
not exact. Larger is totally *fine* but we are low meat eaters so this
works well for us.

A bonus is frozen at that size, they can reshape will to meatballs for
other things.

Generally take frozen (raw) packets out and cook as needed. 4 fit a
ziplock well without becoming impossibly conjoined.

BTW, hre's a nifty breakfast when you want to make something real but
you also want coffee and to waken slowly.

Canned biscuits, fry sausage, add to biscuits, make eggs. Serve. Use
jam for some biscuits. If too many biscuits, make extra sausage and
insert then freeze. They nuke as well as the Jimmy Dean frozen ones
but cost maybe 10cents each to make.



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