I had my heart set on making spicey snack sticks today. I checked the UPS tracking number and it said it was in my town and in transist so I went ahead and mixed everything up anticipating arrival of my casings and small stuffing tube. NOT! Didn't happen. Checked the tracking number again and it said 'tendered to local post office.' So now BOTH the mailman and UPS left me hanging.
Everything back in the fridge until tomorrow...........
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Sure was looking forward to smoking those spicey snack sticks today!
Bummer Ron. I'm not sure who's worse - FedEx, UPS or USPS. I've been through a couple of these "hand offs". The tracking info is pretty much useless.
Sorry Ron,
But your ready now! ;D
That bites, If you ordered the 3/8" SS stuffing tube from Lem Have your heat Gun ready to get the sticker off the tube, then I had to use wd40 to get the sticky stuff off and wash it in soap and water, gotta hate those stickers. Can't wait to see them stix :)
Quote from: Keymaster on November 30, 2010, 04:29:13 PM
That bites, If you ordered the 3/8" SS stuffing tube from Lem Have your heat Gun ready to get the sticker off the tube, then I had to use wd40 to get the sticky stuff off and wash it in soap and water, gotta hate those stickers. Can't wait to see them stix :)
Is that not the truth.....holy cow I tried to pull that label off and said.....HONEY.....I need help....can you get this off I have to go to the store. I came home and she had it all nice and shiny. I did not ask how she did it. I'm thinking she used the mommy spit. You know that will take anything of anything. Lucky the kids still have their faces. ;D
I ordered it from Sausage Maker Inc. It comes with three. Small, medium, and large.
Ron,
Why not just run the mix through the smallest tube you have and make some skinless snack stixs. Just run them onto some wax paper so the paper will slide on the counter. Then transfer to your racks and smoke them up. Not sure if you have the frog mats or not but you should have no problem doing them like that if your in a pinch.
Mine only came with one tube and it is almost too big to stab hog casings on.
Quote from: Sailor on November 30, 2010, 05:00:31 PM
Quote from: Keymaster on November 30, 2010, 04:29:13 PM
Is that not the truth.....holy cow I tried to pull that label off and said.....HONEY.....I need help....can you get this off I have to go to the store. I came home and she had it all nice and shiny. I did not ask how she did it. I'm thinking she used the mommy spit. You know that will take anything of anything. Lucky the kids still have their faces. ;D
Now that's funny...I don't care who you are!
Quote from: SoCalBuilder on November 30, 2010, 05:36:10 PM
Quote from: Sailor on November 30, 2010, 05:00:31 PM
Quote from: Keymaster on November 30, 2010, 04:29:13 PM
Is that not the truth.....holy cow I tried to pull that label off and said.....HONEY.....I need help....can you get this off I have to go to the store. I came home and she had it all nice and shiny. I did not ask how she did it. I'm thinking she used the mommy spit. You know that will take anything of anything. Lucky the kids still have their faces. ;D
Now that's funny...I don't care who you are!
I got a pretty good laugh off that too!!! Sailor can you send me a bottle of that spit ;D
Quote from: ronbeaux on November 30, 2010, 05:03:34 PM
I ordered it from Sausage Maker Inc. It comes with three. Small, medium, and large.
I don't think those have the stickers on them. ;D
That was embarrassing when Momma pulled out a "Used" tissue
out of the bottom of her purse and spit on it and wash your face
in front of everybody. ;D Momma's Care!
Yikes, I just remembered. My Mom is 75. SUPER SPIT!
Hurraww!! The tubes and the casing showed up on the back of a camel today and I put it to use. NOW it's going to be a long night!
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The stuffing was surprisingly easy!
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Don't rag me about the stack job in the OBS. I need to get me some hanging rods I guess.........
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They went in at 110 and I'm holding it for an hour before kicking on the smoke. Maple and hickory mix.
Looking good to me. nuttin wrong with smoking them the the way you have them.
Yep, that's how I do my sausage. Nothing wrong with racking them.
Nothing wrong with that at all.
I'm sure there nice and bright red by now, Can't wait to see them all shrunk up and sausage stick lookin ;D
I'm getting hungry. :-\
Thats what i'm talkin about ;D
Looks good Ron
Are you saying I should go check them???
Uh Huh ;D
Quote from: ronbeaux on December 01, 2010, 05:14:46 PM
Are you saying I should go check them???
I check about every hour.
Just for the halibut :D
I remember about twenty years ago My father-in-law needed to tie up a roast. I watched as he went out in the garage and took his knife and cut the roll of string off his youngest daughters kite. He then proceeded to go in the kitchen and tie up his roast, I asked him " are you sure your suppose to use that polyester string for that" his response was "It's Butchers kite string" ;D Roast turned out great :)
Ok, I checked them. They are still there. ;D
Glad to see ya got all you supplies today Ron. Those sticks look great, and I always rack my sausage as well.
Sometimes I'll hang larger summers for the smoke but then I'll rack them to finish, haven't hand any complaints yet ;)
Looking forward to seeing the final product.
Now I need to figure out how to get a temp probe in there. They are not much bigger than my probe ::) ;D
Well??
Are we there yet? Are we there yet??
I poked one. From what I could tell it was 138 internal. They look really really red! I jacked up the temp to the final setting of 180 and by the time the OBS gets there they should be ready to bloom.
Gimme another hour.
Pop fizz
Quote from: ronbeaux on December 01, 2010, 05:56:45 PM
I poked one. From what I could tell it was 138 internal. They look really really red! I jacked up the temp to the final setting of 180 and by the time the OBS gets there they should be ready to bloom.
Gimme another hour.
Pop fizz
Watch that 180 :o
OK. They temped out at 152 and sorta looked like they were done so I pulled them. I hope they don't suck.
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They are cooling in the crisp 45 degree night air and then into the fridge for tonight.
That looks great Ron!
They don't suck! I know, I'm supposed to wait. Screw it, I tasted one and it was slammin!
Heck Yeah, They look great Ron!
It looks really good Ron. Boy, I could go for a bite or two of that right now.
Those turned out super!! Good Job :)
Suck ? Never from you !
Look superb, RB!
WTG Ron
They look great and i bet they dont suck ;D
OK. I ordered the small stuffing tube to fit the 5lb stuffer. I got the 19mm coligen casings and they wouldn't slide over the tube while scrunched up. I had to thread it on by hand and that meant that I had to do this about 9 times since I could only smash so much on there.
I noticed in another thread that the whole coligen casing slipped right onto the tube. Where do you get one of those??
Is it this one?
http://www.sausagemaker.com/56101stainlesssteelstuffingtubefor5lbstuffer12outsidedia.aspx
Nice Ron! One day I will be stuffing, I promise.... Now that I got the SRG outta the way, grinder and stuffer are next on the list...
Quote from: ronbeaux on December 01, 2010, 06:55:46 PM
They don't suck! I know, I'm supposed to wait. Screw it, I tasted one and it was slammin!
You waited a whole 30 minutes to taste one! That's longer than I waited on my first batch!!
The tube I have is from Smokeitall's website Big John T makes them.
Ron, this one has a 1-9/16" Base for $12.99. http://www.lemproducts.com/product/3306/stuffing_tube
I am coming down I-10 on Tuesday on my way to Georgia.
I'll trade you some SS and Bologna for some snack sticks. ;D
I'll be in Lake Charles doing another incident investigation.