Okay, so health experts will throw shoes at you for eating this one. And I believe a regular diet of this will lead to undesirable results. I mean, this thing has more cholesterol than, well . . ., than cholesterol. That being said, this is a real once-per-decade treat which you will enjoy.

Ingredients
1 lb. breakfast sausage
1-11/2 cups shredded potatoes
About 3/4 lb. bacon (not thick-sliced)

Start with a pound of your favorite breakfast sausage - here, I used Jimmy Dean Regular, but any former country singer turned businessman’s product will do.

Knead the sausage a bit and make a small loaf out of it. Form a trough in the middle. Lightly salt the hash browns and insert them into the trough in the sausage. Close up the trough, encircling the potatoes.

Make a mesh out of the bacon as shown. Those of you who took a basket-weaving class will find this rather easy - I had a little trouble with it at first until I realized that it was just like threading a worm on a fishhook, only different.

Lay the sausage roll in the middle of the bacon-weave and the wrap the bacon around the roll.

Place “fattie” on a foil-lined shallow pan (one with 1/2” sides) and grill at 325° for 90 minutes. You may wish to turn the heat up to 350 ° for the last 15 minutes to brown the bacon a little more. If you cook eggs with this monster, be sure to baste them in butter! I mean, what do you have left to lose? Seriously, though, this is pretty darn good fixins.