Mmm...Sausage, sausage and more sausage.

[billythekidrock]

Spent yesterday grinding, stuffing and packaging 30# of elk, 20# of bear and 30# of pork butt into 3 different types of sausage. We made Country Maple Blend links, two different sizes of Polish dogs and some pep/snack sticks.

We used a Cabela’s 1hp grinder for stuffing and it worked out well. I was a little worried before hand as I was told that it might not work and or burn out the motor, but we had no problems.

We used natural hog casings for the larger Polish sausage and 21mm collagen casings for the smaller diameter sausages. I prefer the natural sheep casings, but for ease of use you can’t beat the collagen casings.

For the snack sticks we mixed 20# of elk with 5# of pork and used a Cabela’s brand Pepperoni Snack Stick kit. This kit came with everything needed including collagen casings, seasoning and cure.

We then mixed the rest of the elk with the bear and pork.

For the breakfast sausage we used the Country Maple Blend by Hi Mountain. This is seasoning only. Casings are not included.

For the Polish we used Hi Mountains Polish Sausage kit. It has everything needed including natural hog casings, seasoning and cure (if needed) for slow cooking/smoking.



Collagen casings are a little harder to twist into links so I just cut them into equal lengths. These are just over 7 inches long. This makes it easy to package inside quart-sized bags for vacuum packing and they also stack in the freezer really nice.

We didn’t have enough of the hog casings to finish the Polish sausage so we used some of the collagen casings. These will fit nicely in a hotdog bun.

[NWBREW]

 :drool:That looks AWSOME. SOOOOOOOOOOOO how did the pre stuff taste? You really don't have to answer that......I think I already know the answer.

[billythekidrock]

:drool:That looks AWSOME. SOOOOOOOOOOOO how did the pre stuff taste? You really don't have to answer that......I think I already know the answer.

It was great!

[billythekidrock]

The pepperoni is in the smoker and in a few hours it should be ready to sample.




I also have a surprise ingredient for the get together at Rasbo's.

[carpsniperg2]

lookin good

[turkey buster]

damn BTKR lookes great

[rasbo]

willie thats a mess of fine table fare and campfire nubbins

[billythekidrock]

Thanks.

Getting close to done.



And here was dinner.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I had some of the smaller Polish that we did in the 21mm collagen casings tonight with dinner.  They were excellent!

 

[Wea300mag]

Great looking bunch of eats BTKR, minus the varmint in crawling into the grinder .

[billythekidrock]

Just wanted to post a few thoughts on the spices / kits.

The Country Maple Blend (Hi Mountain) breakfast sausage is pretty good. Smells like maple syrup when cooking, but it is too sweet tasting. Though we will enjoy eating it, I probably won't do this one again.

The Polish Sausage kit is great as always, but this kit seemed a bit short on the hog casings. I will do this one again.

The Cabela's Pepperoni Snack Stick kit is pretty good as well. I will use it again but may add an additional 5# of meat to help smooth out the spices. It is by no means "hot" but I am not much of a pepper eater. Even though it comes with it's own collagen casings (21mm) I will probably purchase 18 or 19mm casings to have a thinner finished product.

I took the pepperoni to work and laid a big stick on two coworkers desks first thing in the morning. When I went by a few minutes later one was almost done eating and the other had just finished. I guess it turned out ok.

[high country]

BTKR, give spokane spice a try. lots of blends and cheap.  I did 85lbs last week and use the same grinder. that highspeed tube flat gets with it. I don't know about your grinder, but I can't sove meat in mine fast enough to slow it down.

looks good.

[PolarBear]

Looks good BTKR!  I wish that I knew how to make that stuff. 

[scoyoc5]

yeah that looks delicious! great setup BTKR

[billythekidrock]

BTKR, give spokane spice a try. lots of blends and cheap.  I did 85lbs last week and use the same grinder. that highspeed tube flat gets with it. I don't know about your grinder, but I can't sove meat in mine fast enough to slow it down.

looks good.

Yes, Spokane Spice is a great place to order from. Used to order from them regularly until I found choices locally.