Posted By: Hudbone
I was almost out - 03/07/21 02:42 PM
Down to six links in the freezer. SIL #3 had Saturday off and it provided us with the window to get busy. Montag and Cappy came to help. Baby sister turned 50 that day and we had a function to attend in the Peoples Republic of Austin, so we got busy at Bugman's shop 8 AM. Came in with short load of 235 pounds combined. Smallest load we have ever dealt with.
Took out 30 pounds of pure, clean deer meat and set it aside. Mixed the deer (60%) and the pork (40%) together and then placed 30 pounds off to the side. Took the 30 pound batch of mixed meat and ground it for hamburger. Step one done. Took the remainder of the mixed meat and began to apply the spices - salt, garlic, coarse black pepper, red pepper and, of course, mono-cure. Nothing more. Here's what the mixed meat look like prior to applying the spicem ix.
As we got into the grind, we pinched some and had to have a taste test. As they say here, Schmeck Gute!".
We then began stuffing it and hung it on racks so we could transfer to the smoke room.
We had forty pounds (Bugman threw in ten) of pure, unadulterated deer meat and went to back to something we had not done in quite a while - Jerky Sausage. No pork and replaced almost all of the coarse black pepper with an even heavier amount of cracked red pepper. We used to harvest and dry out chili petines, but did not have the time. This stuff dries pretty hard and, believe me when I say this, is best consumed along with a cold beverage of your choice. Wen consuming it, a little goes a long way, but it sure spices things up. Look at how beautiful the meat looked prior to the spices.
Stuffed it all in pork casing and have it drying out right now. Seldom will you see something more beautiful.
Came home with the ground meat and about 15 pounds of breakfast sausage. The rings all got smoked last night and will get a second smoking this night. Don't think I am going to pull any fresh. The smaller batch, my family, people who call me friends and all dictate I need to dry as much as I can. Now all we have to do is wait for it to dry out. Then we can get about to vacuum sealing it and storing it.
Life is good and the sausage will be also. The circle is nearer completion. We feel blessed.
Took out 30 pounds of pure, clean deer meat and set it aside. Mixed the deer (60%) and the pork (40%) together and then placed 30 pounds off to the side. Took the 30 pound batch of mixed meat and ground it for hamburger. Step one done. Took the remainder of the mixed meat and began to apply the spices - salt, garlic, coarse black pepper, red pepper and, of course, mono-cure. Nothing more. Here's what the mixed meat look like prior to applying the spicem ix.
As we got into the grind, we pinched some and had to have a taste test. As they say here, Schmeck Gute!".
We then began stuffing it and hung it on racks so we could transfer to the smoke room.
We had forty pounds (Bugman threw in ten) of pure, unadulterated deer meat and went to back to something we had not done in quite a while - Jerky Sausage. No pork and replaced almost all of the coarse black pepper with an even heavier amount of cracked red pepper. We used to harvest and dry out chili petines, but did not have the time. This stuff dries pretty hard and, believe me when I say this, is best consumed along with a cold beverage of your choice. Wen consuming it, a little goes a long way, but it sure spices things up. Look at how beautiful the meat looked prior to the spices.
Stuffed it all in pork casing and have it drying out right now. Seldom will you see something more beautiful.
Came home with the ground meat and about 15 pounds of breakfast sausage. The rings all got smoked last night and will get a second smoking this night. Don't think I am going to pull any fresh. The smaller batch, my family, people who call me friends and all dictate I need to dry as much as I can. Now all we have to do is wait for it to dry out. Then we can get about to vacuum sealing it and storing it.
Life is good and the sausage will be also. The circle is nearer completion. We feel blessed.