A bed of it still sounds a bit mad to me. I can accept a bed of lettuce because it's light and largely irrelevant but a bed of sausage? How much protein do you need from one meal.
All I can say is there are a lot of pheasant pluckers on here - well someone had to say it and l was sick of waiting
Bang it in the slow cooker for 8 hours, with chicken, oxo and beef stock, diced leek, potatoes, carrots, turnip it will be lovely. I am doing that with a full chicken today (Friday) for supper it just drops of the bone.
