About a week ago I posted some pepper sticks I made. It was getting late so I decided to take them out of the smoker and finish them in a hot bath. Good plan except I forgot the fact that I used collagen casings. The last time I tried a hot bath finish with collagen casings, water got in and the final results weren't very good. Surprise- same results this time. That's what I get for starting late in the day. So I threw them away and started again.
So this time I mixed the meat and seasonings on Thursday night,and put in the fridge.
Here is the mixed meat.
After work on Friday I stuffed the sticks and put them back in the fridge. This morning I got up early and put them in Bradley.
Rain was in the forecast so I closed them up in the Bradley House.
After about 7 hrs they reached an IT of 155*
Then into the ice bath.
Hanging around for a while to bloom.
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Cut a piece for quality control check.
Trimmed off the ends and ready to go into a paper bag and to spend the night in the fridge, will vac seal and freeze tomorrow.
These turned out great.
