[kate58]

Make your own sausages! I just buy minced (ground) pork or chicken, add whatever spices/herbs I fancy, mix in one raw egg white and 2 tablespoons of bran per lb of meat and then shape the mix into sausage shapes. Chill for a few hours before cooking - it sets the shape.

You can be quite inventive with flavouring. I usually add nutmeg, black pepper, cayenne pepper, parsley and a little mustard. You can also grate some cheese into the mix, add chopped chives or onion, garlic or even a little curry powder (quite good with the chicken ones). A grated apple through the pork is nice too - if you are at the point where you are allowed apple.

I'd love a proper sausage maker - maybe I'll treat myself to one soon - although it can be hard here to find casings to buy. But even without casings, these are lovely, so I'm not sure I could be bothered with the fiddliness.

I tend to make a big batch and freeze most of them. They are great for gettng fussy kids to eat good healthy meat too - much better than bought sausages for them.