Sausage Field Trip to Local Butcher

[smoker pete]

Visited my local butcher, Fagundes Meats in Manteca, CA.  Did not get a chance today to get my hands dirty but the visit was priceless cause I got a chance to watch and pick the brains of some accomplished sausage makers.  Today they were processing Venison Snack Sticks and Linguiça sausages.  The good part is that I'm welcome to return anytime I want and get more training.  I even volunteered to work for free just to perfect the art of sausage making.  Time will tell  :)
Fagundes Meats

Meat Grinder

Grinder being fed

Venison ready to be stuffed.  They process each deer individually to the customer's specs

50 lb hydraulic stuffer

Stuffing Linguiça

Tying off the sausages

Venison Snack Sticks and Linguiça drying and ready for the smoker

Sausage in smoke house

[DTAggie]

Nice!

[jiggerjams]

Me like!!

[BuyLowSellHigh]

That's very cool!  Looks like a great place.

[KyNola]

Pete,
That is so very cool.  I would love to have the opportunity to hang out and observe a place like that.  I am very envious right now.

[3rensho]

I'd say you hit the jackpot in places to hang out.  Must have been a blast.  Color me GREEN

[Tenpoint5]

Way cool Grasshopper. They may be working in larger batches than we do but everything is the same just on a different scale. Learn as much as you can.