Name: To Make Good Sausage
Ingredients: freshly killed beef; water; coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt'); spices and seasonings of choice

To Make Good Sausage

Ingredients

freshly killed beef
water
coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt')
spices and seasonings of choice

Directions

Chop freshly killed beef while it is still warm.
Gradually add water while chopping, ensuring not to exceed the amount absorbed by the meat.
Spread the chopped mixture in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled before stuffing.
Use the chilled mixture to stuff sausages.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.