a friend send me a package.
and it contained some of the best tasted link stuff I have ever had (thank sailor).
my wife and daughter finished of 2 of the sausage sticks in 1 day. I locked the rest up. the pepperoni was the
best. not greasy at all. the pepperoni stack stick were very yummy. my wife says to me, "you been wanting to make links. can you do this?" not like this but everyone has to start somewhere. so, we have some excellent sausage making ppl here. and I have all their numbers. thanks sailor, tenpoint5 and nepas. I called them all. as I was walking threw cabelas I was txting TP5 asking do I need this or that. my wife was laughing. heh, you don't learn unless you ask question. thanks to my sausage team.
so I ordered some stuff on line and went to cabelas.
my sausage making space. got music, tv and the FT is over in the garage frig.
it's very early morning. I'm in the garage w/ the door open. it's cold.
went to my butcher to ask for a suggestion for a good knife. he just gave me one. so, one w/ the cutting and no, I didn't cut my finger off. so you ppl taking bets I want my cut.
from what I've been told when you grind you want cold meat. so.....
got my casing soaking.
away we go!
pretty.
2 Costco butts gave me this.
weighing up 5 lb lots.
added spices and ice water for my Italian sausage.
all mixed up.
note to self: get cotton glove to wear underneath latex gloves. meat is very cold on my hands.
2nd grind. medium plate.
very nice.
meats going everywhere.
this ended up on my slippers. turn pan of meat as is it filling up.
all cleaned up while the meat is in the freezer.
under no circumstance are you allowed to laugh! even if it's funny. it is my 1st time.
silent movie time from here on out. no laughing.
fu*@ing casings. I had such a had time getting the d@mn thing on the tube.
one more time.
all cleaned up. it took me all day to make 1 batch of sausage. it should get better i hope.
i will say that after i cooked some up no comparison to store bought. mine were the best ever.
I'm going to state this one time. the recipes i give out our the ones that i have found myself. the ones i don't give out our from friends here that asked me not to give them out. i have found out that a lot of our sausage ppl here recipes our getting hijacked. so the recipes i get from sailor, TP5 and nepas i will not be giving out. sorry.
