Makin' some sausage

[Tiny Tim]

Well, I guess now is as good a time to confess as later.  Been starting to experiment with making some Summer Sausage using the kit from Hi Mountian.  Meat ground wonderfully with my Waring 1/2 horse standard grinder.  Last night, we tried stuffing with it though, and were not impressed...so much so that I just got done ordering a push stuffer from NePa's second home, the online version.  Gonna smoke it up later today and see if we knew what we were doing (obviously not completely since I ground and mixed 10# of meat and we only got 4# stuffed last night).

[acords]

I was disappointed with HM summer sausage.  You may want to cook a little bit to see if you want to add more seasoning before you stuff the rest.

[Tiny Tim]

I'll be okay with what we've stuffed so far, and we added some onion (I don't like onion, but Dad does...heck, I don't like too much of anything that grows or in the ground :D ) to the rest of it, so I'm not too concerned.  Thanks for the input.

[manxman]

Meat ground wonderfully with my Waring 1/2 horse standard grinder.  Last night, we tried stuffing with it though, and were not impressed...so much so that I just got done ordering a push stuffer from NePa's second home

Yeah, I went down the same route and on both the grinders/mincers I have owned to date the sausage stuffing bit was very unimpressive.

I would agree, push stuffers are the way to go!  :)

[MRH]

TT,

I had some deer salami once a guy made with it, and he said he added a little extra garlic.  It was pretty good too.

Mark

[Tiny Tim]

Thanks Mark.  Gonna see what I've got when it comes out of the smoker and go from there.  Also kinda on hold until my new stuffer gets here.  Took us an hour to stuff 4# last night with the grinder/stuffer.  Ground it very nicely the night before, just doesn't stuff worth a crap.

[Stickbowcrafter]

Keep us posted. I've been using strong, fibrous casings and recipes from the book Charcuterie. Perfect results every time but the casings are non-edible.



-Brian

[iceman]

Stickbow, I counted two extra wrinkles in your casing!!!
You better send them up to me ASAP so I can make sure they are safe for consumption  ::) ;D ;)

[coyote]

I was disappointed with HM summer sausage.  You may want to cook a little bit to see if you want to add more seasoning before you stuff the rest.

I've done that too , but it tasted nothing like the finished product. However we liked it so well , we
always make a little extra to make patties and fry up for sandwiches to keep the sausage crew happy. It's like a
really tastey full flavor breakfast sausage.
                                                           Love that high speed beef (venison) ;D

                                                                                  Coyote

[Stickbowcrafter]

I would Ice but that stuff just does not sit around long enough for me to find a shipping box for you  ;D

-Brian

[iceman]

I would Ice but that stuff just does not sit around long enough for me to find a shipping box for you  ;D

-Brian

Aw shoot man. I tried though. :D :D ;)