Posole and sausages

1. Cut each sausage into 4 pieces.
2. Place in a 3-quart pot, place over medium heat on the stove and cook, 5 minutes.
3. Pour off and discard fat and reserve the sausages on a plate.
4. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, or until the onion softens.
5. Halve tomatoes cross- wise, lay each half cut side down and cut each half into 6ths.
6. Add the tomatoes and tomato paste to the pot and cook, stirring, 2 minutes.
7. Add the hominy, oregano, salt, pepper and hominy water.
8. Cover, raise heat to high, and bring to a boil.
9. Lower heat to medium and simmer 20 minutes.
10. When it"s time to get dinner on the table, replace the sausages in the pot and cook 7 minutes.
11. Remove from the heat and add the parsley.
12. Divide the ingredients between 4 soup bowls and garnish with lime slices.
13. Serve warm tortillas instead of bread.
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