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Offline DryageGuru

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How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #-1 on: July 25, 2017, 05:49:16 PM »
Have you made summer sausage before?
What size casings do you prefer to use for summer sausage?
Do you ferment the sausage before smoking/cooking?
Do you use premixed blends with citric acid in them?
Here is our little adventure into summer sausage making:



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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« on: July 26, 2017, 09:43:54 AM »
Both ACW3 and I have a LOT of Elk that we have been talking about turning into sausage. After watching this video - I will be ordering from Umai today so the I can make some Summer sausage and a few other types too!

Thanks for this video - it helped me understand the process better.

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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2017, 10:17:00 AM »
I've never made summer sausage & was happy to see this video.
It's on my to do list.
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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2017, 10:55:07 AM »
On a "kind of" related subject,
can someone tell me what size plate is used to grind most 'store bought" ground beef?
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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2017, 01:32:03 PM »
On a "kind of" related subject,
can someone tell me what size plate is used to grind most 'store bought" ground beef?

Roget- not sure...Rick probably knows tho. My gut says it likely depends on each store. I usually do not buy ground beef. I will buy whole muscle cut such as top round, or sirloin, and grind it myself. Lower in fat and that way I KNOW what is in it ;) ;D.

It is easy to add healthier fats such as cubed up butter that I put int he freezer for a while before the grind. Or you can use some good quality cooking oils such as avocado, coconut, etc...Ut I chill them all first - to help keep things cold. As well - I place the grinder parts in the freezer that will contact meat for several hours before I want grind. All of this helps to produce a safer, cleaner grind and one that you have more control over as far as meat particle size, amount and kind of fats are in the meat.
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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2017, 03:21:11 PM »
I went with a medium grind when i made the UMAi SS. I used their SS and cure/salt mix instead of the MTQ.


Here is the link to my UMAi SS
http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=20873.0
« Last Edit: July 26, 2017, 03:44:03 PM by nepas »
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Re: How do you make summer sausage?
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2017, 12:59:10 PM »
On a "kind of" related subject,
can someone tell me what size plate is used to grind most 'store bought" ground beef?
The Costco ground beef that is used in this video looked like it was about 4-5 mm grind.