I was reading one of the recipe cards that come with the pucks and saw an intersting one: "Savory Summer Sausage". Sounds pretty simple- ground beef, curing salt, mustard seed, pepper, and garlic salt. Anybody tried it? If so, any changes you'd make or any other suggestions? Thanks.
Looks almost identical to the one on Old's site. I've used it to make beef sticks, it's not to bad ;)
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120 (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120)
If you try it, take some photos and let us know how it works out!
It is almost the same, accords, just adding hickory salt and liquid smoke. The thing that kind of puzzled me about the recipe on the card was no mention of any casings. It just said to "form" them into rolls that are around 3" in diameter. Sounded a little stange, but I'm not a sausage maker (yet).;) I actually went to the store today and bought the ingredients, but the forecast for Sunday is rain/snow/sleet, so I'll shoot for next weekend.
I would stuff into non edible casing and smoke to 152 degrees. Slice it along with some cheese and a box of crackers, and you've got a great start to an NFL Sunday!
Just smoked 15 pounds of cheese today, but I gotta give that few days in the fridge... :(