RE: sausage
basic sausage
2 1/2 lbs -meat 1/2 venison/lean pork (cubed small enough to grind)
1 1/2 tsp - salt
1 tsp -fine white or black pepper
1/2 tsp -dried thyme
1 1/2 tsp -dried sage
1/4 tsp -dried savory
3/4 tsp -sugar
1/2 tsp -crushed red pepper
Grind the meat together and mix with your hands until the two meats are thouroughly mixed. Add the seasonings and mix by hand again then regrind w/ a fine grinder plate. You can stuff this into caseings or just make patties ,which is what we do. also a little(or a lot) of garlic helps out.