Summer Sausage

[deb415611]

I know I'm going to regret starting this at 3pm..... but......

Summer Sausage (from Charcuterie)

after I stuffed I wished that I had cut the casings in 1/2 and done 4. 

[FLBentRider]

Looks great Deb!

[pensrock]

Looks good Deb. First time I made SS I caught it and made four smaller ones myself.

[jiggerjams]

Oh boy you got my attention!

[TestRocket]

Looks like your having a very busy day today Deb! Don't forget to get some rest!  ;D

[ExpatCanadian]

Hey Deb...  looks great....always interested in summer sausage...    just started typing loads of questions, but then realised, hey, I can look it up myself in the book!

Can't wait to see the end result...

[ArnieM]

Looks good Deb and surely a great book.  You can always cut them in half later and drop some off the next time you're in Newtown.  ;D

[lumpy]

Looks very tasty Deb.

Flashbacks of my first SS when loading it in the 4 rack.............OH ****, the SS tubes are too long :D :D

Lumpy

[SouthernSmoked]

Dang Deb, that looks good...

I just ordered some casing from - Butcher & Packer - http://www.butcher-packer.com/

Will be watching!

[Quarlow]

Wow, Deb looks like you nailed those. Nice job.

[Sailor]

Looking good.  I did the same thing a few days ago.  Made up 5lb for my first try at SS and used the 2 1/2 x 20 casing.  Filled on up and filled the other one with the rest.  Went to hang and .....OOPs.....now what.  I just put the long one on a rack corner to corner and the other on on another rack and went to smoken.  Both came out just fine.  I now know that size does matter  ;D

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Dang, I'm mow jealous, and hungry too.  Another superb work deb!

Okay so they are too long?  No problem, send the extra length to me.   

[smoker pete]

Looking forward to making my own sausages Deb and your Summer Sausages looks great.  Is that ice I see at the bottom of the pan?  Now that I just received my stuffer I'm anxious to start making my own but don't recall anyone mentioning ice unless they are cold smoking cheese.

Could you shed some light on the ice?

[deb415611]

Smoker Pete -

the SS starts out with a cold smoke for 2 hours.  I put the ice in there to keep the temp down,  though now that I think about it I probably didn't need the ice.  I was thinking about smoking cheese I guess ???

[Tenpoint5]

Looks good Deb!! I am cleaning the freezer out so I have some room ot make some myself.