[snugs]

I have question regarding the sausages what shape are they and how big and are they spicy or herby?

We serve sausages normally with mashed potato and onion gravy in Britain or as a special breakfast with fried tomatoes, fried or scrambled egg, fried bread or toast and possibly baked beans (I do not allow Heinze beans in the house now!!! LOL)

Also I have already asked but what is American custard is it the same as British which is served hot over puddings or fruit?

[Miss Marple]

American custard is a baked dish in which eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg are mixed together and baked in the oven in a water bath. It is not a sauce, as you use in Enngland, but rather something more like what we call a pudding, and what I believe you call blancmange. We also make pies in which the filling is custard.

The sausage texasflower is referring to is not a shaped sausage, sold in casinings. It is seasoned ground pork and is sold in packages. American cooks either fry it in patties to accompany eggs at breakfast, or crumble it and pan fry it to make sausage gravy.

[texasflower]

We use ground sausage. It is so good.

I'm not sure about custards though.

Your special breakfast sounds good too.

[texasflower]

That sounds good. Doesn't that breakfast have a particular name?

I was talking to one of my daughter's friends from Scotland on instant message the other day and he called it something and told me to look it up, but I forgot what he called it.

The sausage I use is just ground sausage for the biscuits and gravy.

I usually use mild but I think I would like spicy sausage. Just not hot sauce!

That mashed potato and onion gravy sounds good. How do you do that?