we start with the pork shoulder and beef mix. With about 40ish pounds of meat its 2 handfuls salt, 2 handfuls red chili pepper, 2 handfuls of fennel, some garlic (depending on taste). That's just a simple Italian base, and adjust to taste for Italian. Add mustard seed or powder to make into a German sausage. After that you can either case it, or leave it bulk. This time we experimented and made Polish sausage and a Pepperoni as well. all turned out pretty good.