kielbasa making problem

[Roadking]

It could be your Dry Milk.   
1 cup of powdered milk is equivalent to 2 cups dry milk.
There is a difference.

You may have a point there. I generally will weigh powder milk rather then measure.

WCSM, what is the difference? Between dry and powdered.

If a recipe calls for 1 cup of water that is 8 ounces by volume but the actual weight is 8.345 ounces. Now a recipe calls for 1 cup of powdered milk that is by volume if you weigh out the cup of powdered milk (8 ounces) you will have more powdered milk that will not fit into the measuring cup.
When cooking you should measure using measuring cup, spoons, or pitchers not by weight unless the recipe specifically calls for by weight.

[Habanero Smoker]

It could be your Dry Milk.   
1 cup of powdered milk is equivalent to 2 cups dry milk.
There is a difference.

You may have a point there. I generally will weigh powder milk rather then measure.

WCSM, what is the difference? Between dry and powdered.

If a recipe calls for 1 cup of water that is 8 ounces by volume but the actual weight is 8.345 ounces. Now a recipe calls for 1 cup of powdered milk that is by volume if you weigh out the cup of powdered milk (8 ounces) you will have more powdered milk that will not fit into the measuring cup.
When cooking you should measure using measuring cup, spoons, or pitchers not by weight unless the recipe specifically calls for by weight.

Sorry if my post mislead or confused you. I'm not stating that powdered ingredients weight the same as they measure. As for powdered ingredients it is not a simple matter of changing volume to weight. You have to know the proper equivalents. Once you know how much powder milk weights, it a simple matter of weighing the proper amount of dry milk which has larger particles then powdered milk.

When baking I rarely will use the measured volume for dry ingredients that the recipe calls for, and will use their weight equivalent that is usually not included with most recipe, so again you need to know the equivalent conversion.

[Mr Walleye]

Here is a link to a conversion chart I found on Allied Kenco's site.

http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/popup_text.php/fld/howto/tbl/howtos/key/33

Mike

[Habanero Smoker]

Thank Mike. I've seen that and have used it in the past. Kutas book also has a conversion table.

Here a conversion site that has most ingredients, but more accurate because it has a calculator.

Dry Ingredient Conversion

There is also conversion calculator on the USDA site, but I can't find my link to it right now.

[Roadking]

Here is a link to a conversion chart I found on Allied Kenco's site.

http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/popup_text.php/fld/howto/tbl/howtos/key/33

Mike

That's a good chart

Habanero Smoker, No confusion for me though it could have been confusioning for some of the first timers. I've already made most of the mistakes I expect to make (At least I hope so  :-[ ). Although if you make a mistake and realize it you'll never make it again.

[Mr Walleye]

RoadKing

Your right. That's definitely one of the many things that makes this such a great place. Sharing information... good or not so good makes everybody's learning curve easier.

Mike

[Habanero Smoker]

Here is a link to a conversion chart I found on Allied Kenco's site.

http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/popup_text.php/fld/howto/tbl/howtos/key/33

Mike

That's a good chart

Habanero Smoker, No confusion for me though it could have been confusioning for some of the first timers. I've already made most of the mistakes I expect to make (At least I hope so  :-[ ). Although if you make a mistake and realize it you'll never make it again.

Point taken.

Also it should be added, when measuring; one should use the proper measuring utensils. Don't use measuring cups made to measure liquid to measure dry ingredients and vise versa.

[teet]

thanks everybody for advise. i made second time kielbasa and it is fantastic (my friends opinion). i used hunters binder instead of dry milk and lowered temperature. right now working on venison sausage project :)