Question: what is the difference between italian sausage and breakfast sausage?
Answer: Breakfast sausages are little link sausages eaten in the United States in the morning with pancakes, eggs, and toast. ... Italian sausage — shocker — is the pork sausage you add to pasta sauces. It comes in a sweet (the same thing as mild) Italian variety, which is primarily flavored with fennel and garlic.