"I looked at a bunch of recipes online and got a general list together of the ingredients, and made my own, sausage patties, not links. A good general recipe that is nice for spaghetti sauces, sausage burgers, or served with pasta or potato. These are not going to win a blue ribbon prize in the culinary world, but I think they taste good. All spices are dried. To make this Italian Sausage, add the fennel seeds. To make this just a pork sausage, omit the fennel seeds. To make a nice chicken sausage, omit the fennel seeds. READ THE STEPS, I added a step at the beginning if you are using meat you are going to grind...."