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  1. driedstick

    Bellies and grandkid#2finished product

    Well, I got the 40 pounds of bacon done sliced up and all wrapped up. Tried some this morning and it was absolutely amazing.,,, I did 19 days of it being in the cure. (Used digging dog farms bacon calculator) Then 3-8 hour cold smoke sessions and then it sat in the fridge. Uncovered for 1 week...
  2. driedstick

    Bellies and grand kids

    Started Curing approximately 40 pounds of bellies this weekend and playing with the grand kids. We did black pepper,, white pepper, garlic, Chipotle and plain.,, This will be cold smoked in about 2 to 3 weeks with apple and cherry pellets.
  3. driedstick

    Grizzly 5lb Stuffer on sale

    Just seen this, they have their stuffer on sale if anyone is needing one http://www.grizzly.com/products/5-lb-Sausage-Stuffer-Vertical/H6252
  4. driedstick

    15lb LEM Stuffer New style

    Well after having the the New style 5lb Lem stuffer I was so impressed I bought the 15lb when they had it on sale last week. Can't wait to use it,,, But I need to find a 3/8" snack tube for it,,, the tubes for the 5lber won't work on this one. I am trying to post pics just hang with me on that part.
  5. driedstick

    Casing problem??

    Can anyone help me out why my 22mm collagen casings from Butcher packer is doing this?? they are a little tougher and the shrinkage is really different. This is a caddie I bought from B&P, it is open in the fridge but have enough humidity that they are not brittle,,, they did dry out one time...
  6. driedstick

    Habanero & Chipotle wildfire snack sticks

    Well elk season will be here in 9 days so I thought I better stock up on my supply for my pack    The habanero I made with elk and pork the Chipotle I did 80/20 ground beef.  I went 50/50 elk to pork the elk did not have anything added to it  All mixed up,,, could have been a little...
  7. driedstick

    Sriracha & Onion brat Cold smoked

    Hello everyone hope all is well. Well got me a new LEM 5lb Stuffer on Friday so thought I better try it out. here is one of the batches I did.,.. YES I added 2 1/2TSP of cure #1 to this batch,,, Didn't get a chance to have any yet but will try one of the smoked ones for lunch today. GIVE ME A...
  8. driedstick

    Today is Vietnam Veterans Day

    I hope you have a great day,,, You sure deserve this day,, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!! 
  9. driedstick

    Productive weekend,, snack sticks

    Each batch called for 12 1/2lbs of meat so each batch got 8lbs of Elk and 4 1/2 lbs of pork butt,, 3 batches Well 10 am,, better have a refreshment Good times Three racks deep Just when we thought we were done with winter Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    SCORE!!!! In the Freezer

    My cousin is the VP/Part owner of the local livestock yard here and he just called me and had a approx 300lb pig break it's ankle,,,,, yup meat in the freezer!! Sold it to me .................35cents a pound + Kill fee and cut and wrap,,, should get out of this at about $200.00 or so depending...
  11. driedstick

    Fassetts breakfast sausage COLD SMOKED

    When I was a youngin years ago My Parents use to make almost the same recipe as Pops and his dad did. Mom and Dad would butcher hogs each yr and cold smoke our sausage,,, salt, pepper and a little sage,,, salt peter was added back in the day and cold smoked over Applewood for about 4 hours or...
  12. driedstick

    Eggs,, it's what is for lunch!!

    Well, I knew these were starting to get old so I thought I better use them up  These were cold smoked for about 2 1/2hrs Using a mixture of pellets from Green Mt.  4 of them will be going to work with me for Egg Salad Sammies the others will be used in a Potato salad  I don't know why I...
  13. driedstick

    First Bacon - Pops Brine Method - FINALLY DONE GREAT STUFF

    Well,,, All this bacon making going on around here and nice cool temps thought I would try my hand at with some great help from Dirt Sailor  I am using "Pops Brine" on this go around and if it turns out I will try a dry brine on the next batch. Here is the link for "Pops Brine" if you need...
  14. driedstick

    Blueberry smoked cheese with other flavors

    Seen this in the store the other day and thought that I better grab some and smoke it up,,, Had some other flavors in the fridge waiting to go in the smoker,,, Enjoy,,, can't wait for the two weeks and see how it is,,,  3 chunks of the blue berry went for 2hrs of smoke,, wanted a light smoke...
  15. driedstick

    New Smoke Shack Sign/ Muzzleloader hunting pics

    Well, My good friend and her husband made this for me and gave it to me over our Muzzleloader hunt. I just love it. Me and my buddy's wife, she made me the sign and I gave her some of my summer sausage Good trade. Here are a few pics of our hunt.  We seen more moose than elk which is odd...
  16. driedstick

    Another 25lbs - 2 flavors

    Well, my arm and shoulder had it's work out for sure for the last two weekends but well worth it.  Last weekend as some of you may have seen that I did 25lbs of snack sticks and 10lbs of summer sausage, we this weekend I did another 25lbs of snack sticks,,, 50lbs of snack sticks looks pretty...
  17. driedstick

    1 man, 3 flavors, 2 smokers & 35lbs of happy

    Well, been a while since I did any snack sticks and thought I better restock for Muzzle loader Elk season,, Which starts on Dec. 21 in my neck of the woods.  Asked the guys what they wanted this yr and so here we go.  This is all 80/20 beef  The players - Mango Habanero, Garlic Parmesan and...
  18. driedstick

    Fresh steelhead

    Some friends got 3 nice steelhead here on the Clearwater River in Idaho filleted them out and brought them to me My dry brine recipe is 4 cups of brown sugar to one cup of kosher salt Out of the smoker at 145 IT,,, drizzled with warm honey and topped with crushed black pepper...
  19. driedstick

    Archery Elk Season 2016

    Well guys and gals, this yr was one of the best yrs we have had but one of the saddest also.. This last Feb. I lost my best friend and hunting buddy to a car wreck. So it was kinda tough to set up camp but I know we had to do it. And I am glad We did. here are some pics from the season.  This...
  20. driedstick

    Butts and SQWIBS Mac and cheese

    It was hot here this weekend so I thought I would do a couple pork butts to get ready for elk camp,,,, This will be a good sammy while we are on the trail hiking.  Since I can't seem to kill anything in the last couple years I have to load the camper pretty heavy with food.  Here are the...
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