# Links or Patties? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528 "2016-08-31T01:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/1 "2016-08-31T01:36:21Z")
Once and for all, links or patties? Me? Links all the way. I like the peel of the skin against my teeth, and the taste of grease. Patties tend to be dry unless there’s an exceptional cook in the kitchen. Your choice? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/2 "2016-08-31T02:00:34Z")
Love 'em both. Line 'em up and I’ll put them away. (But I do agree with the joy of biting into the link.) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/3 "2016-08-31T02:10:42Z")
Patties are less annoying to cook. But besides that, I’m ok with either, or both. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/4 "2016-08-31T02:12:19Z")
Links rock! But, I love those JD patties, too! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/5 "2016-08-31T02:19:56Z")
I like links or patties. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/6 "2016-08-31T02:21:01Z")
Links rock! But, I love those JD patties, too! ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/7 "2016-08-31T02:22:55Z")
links. Definitely. Not the brown and serve, just the ones with the thin skin. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/8 "2016-08-31T02:24:39Z")
Like them both. I guess I’ll go with links given the choice. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/9 "2016-08-31T02:25:50Z")
Links are my favorite. Tennessee Pride links are what we buy. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/10 "2016-08-31T02:32:45Z")
I’ll eat either, but good sausage around here is almost always in patty form, especially the spicy variety. I only cook patties. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/11 "2016-08-31T02:56:51Z")
Grew up with Jones Brothers links, so links are still my preference. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/12 "2016-08-31T03:10:30Z")
I’ll mention that even though I like links a lot of them are now made with collagen and synthetic casings that don’t agree with me. I’ve been making my own sausage recently and I had to use the synthetic casings but even if I had natural casings I’d still mostly make patties just because it’s so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/13 "2016-08-31T03:45:38Z")
I like them both, but I generally prefer patties for the larger surface area you can brown. I assume we are talking only breakfast sausages here. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/14 "2016-08-31T03:58:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I like them both, but I generally prefer patties for the larger surface area you can brown. Same here. A properly cooked patty has lightly crunchy browned top and bottom that add flavor and texture components that I’ve never observed in a link. A good link is wonderful, but a good patty is heavenly. ---
**Author:** ![appleaday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/15 "2016-08-31T04:42:04Z")
Links. Unless, of course, we’re making a breakfast sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/16 "2016-08-31T04:43:14Z")
Links for mouth feel, patties for flavor, but both always totally acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/17 "2016-08-31T04:57:12Z")
Links, if I had to choose. Patties are a perfectly fine substitute, though. I’d never say no to a patty. I had breakfast in a Bay Ridge diner this very morning and got links. In NYC you always get either thin links or big fat ones (sometimes split). The only time I’ve ever gotten patties when I ordered the side of sausage I was on the wrong side of the Hudson River. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/18 "2016-08-31T12:11:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I like them both, but I generally prefer patties for the larger surface area you can brown. I assume we are talking only breakfast sausages here. Preach it, brutha’. The caramelization from all the extra sq. inches(or so it seems) is what it’s all about. I swear I just got a whiff of… Off to brekkie, gotta’ run. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/19 "2016-08-31T12:38:38Z")
Patties, generally. But links are OK. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528/20 "2016-08-31T14:22:31Z")
Patties for putting in sandwiches or other dishes. Links for simply eating. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528.md?page=2)