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Turkey Breakfast Sausage variant 1

This is the breakfast sausage I make, just noting the variants.

This time, I held the seasoning until after the turkey was browned. We'll see how that evens out the flavor. The alternative is to get the mixer out and mix the crap out of it.

Also, a note on the time: 5 minutes gets it all white -- no pink -- and another 4 gets some tanned spots but not burned.

Cooked: 12 Jan 2020.

Cut down on the red pepper flakes to 1/2 tsp. Added half the seasoning before browning.
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