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Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:45 pm

Well it is going to be a summer sausage weekend... I'm planning to make 50 lbs. of summer sausage. I ordered the cheese Monday and will start thawing out the meat Thursday. The plans are to include an Iraq war buddy that I carry hunting and have him help me. I always mess with him and it has been fun so far. Telling him we gonna pack some meat and I'll be smoking my sausage. (You can think of other things to say) It is going to be a huge making, never done 50 lbs at one time so we'll see and I plan to post lots of pictures. Stay tune!

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by treefarmer » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:37 pm

Bossman,
I've been puttin' off making some more summer sausage for a couple of months. We made a 25 pound batch of summer sausage and a whole big batch of bulk sausage back in March. I believe you have just re-lit my fire, but I'm only goin' to do 25 pounds at the time.
Lookin' forward to following your sausage makin' escapades!
I'll also post some pictures when we get started.
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Iluv2hunt » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:39 pm

I still have about 50# or so of meat from last season to grind. Been putting it off. I'll probably do it next weekend since the wife will be out of town
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:39 pm

OK I haven't even got the meat thawed out yet and I gots questions. I know on all these sausage in a box recipes they all tell you not to mix it in a metal bowl. yeah yeah I understand chemicals and metals mixing, but what about using a porcelain bowl? I've got a big enough porcelain bowl but the plastic bowls I have hold cereal. I will say all of the sausage a made last year turned out great out of the ole porcelain bowl. But the stuffer is stainless steel, what the heck metal or plastic... Is what it is!

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Iluv2hunt » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:00 pm

I have 2- 28 quart plastic tubs that I use for meat processing. Plenty big to get your hands in there and mix it good.
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:28 pm

Iluv2hunt wrote:I have 2- 28 quart plastic tubs that I use for meat processing. Plenty big to get your hands in there and mix it good.
Is your stuffer plastic also?


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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Iluv2hunt » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:33 pm

No sir,it's stainless
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by treefarmer » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:21 pm

We also use the big plastic tubs to mix the pork, venison and seasoning. The only reason we use the plastic tubs, we don't have a stainless steel container big enough to hold that much ingredient. Then it goes through a metal grinder into a big stainless steel bowls, then reground into other big stainless steel bowls.
Most everything in a commercial kitchen or meat processin' plant is stainless steel. Somebody must have experienced some rust or corrosion problems caused by the salt content of the seasoning on certain metal pans or bowls.
Here's a picture of the stainless steel bowls in action back in March :dtect
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:07 am

OK we're getting ready to start and pics aren't loading

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:05 pm

Well we got everything finished up this morning. I had a hard time loading pics with Tapatalk on the phone. So I tried to load some pics after the mess was cleaned up. I bagged 3 bushels of zippers and then mixed the sausage. It was hard to take pictures and pack meat but can't wait till tomorrows smoking.
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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:06 pm

I don't know members just think how good it is going to be and all of the enjoyment I had making it... couldn't post pics...


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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by Bossman » Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:34 pm

The high temp cheddar cheese was the bomb and takes 2.5 lbs of cheese per 25 lbs. of meat. It is a hit and will be ordered each cooking.

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Re: Summer Sausage weekend

Post by treefarmer » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:35 am

Hey Bossman,
Sorry about not seein' the pictures of your sausage makin' and pea shellin'! They wont open on this end. All this technical stuff is way beyond my comprehension, I'm just glad I was able to figure out how to resize a digital picture!
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