Well, I did it. I finally broke in the birthday present.
I got one of these for my birthday.
Finally got a chance to break it in tonight. Went to Safeway looking for some country style ribs. They didn't have any which is odd, so I picked up a boneless pork shoulder.
All cut up and ready to grind.
Tried to do a fine grind at first but the old grinder couldn't take it so I switched to the coarse plate. Here's the coarse ground.
Added the seasonings (Gunny's bratwurst recipe
) and ice water and did a fine grind.
Now I don't know why but it took me an awful long time to get the casing on the tube.
They were rinsed and I ran water through them then put them in warm water with a bit of vineger while I was grinding and what not but it seemed like my fingers wanted to slide on the casing but the casing didn't want to slide on the tube. I finally got one loaded and got the cylinder loaded and ready to go.
Only had one blowout so I squeezed it off, tied it and resumed stuffing.
Had a couple of minor mishaps with the linking but nothing too serious.
I need to work on my uniform link length.
Ended up with several packages for the freezer and saved some out for breakfast tommorrow.
Got a question for the pros though. How long to you have to wait after twisting the links before you can cut them to individual links? I cut a couple and I know there was no twist left on the casing but I figure oh well, I'll just deal with it when I cook it.
That stuffer is SWEET! Much easier than stuffing with a grinder.
Dave
I got one of these for my birthday.
Finally got a chance to break it in tonight. Went to Safeway looking for some country style ribs. They didn't have any which is odd, so I picked up a boneless pork shoulder.
All cut up and ready to grind.
Tried to do a fine grind at first but the old grinder couldn't take it so I switched to the coarse plate. Here's the coarse ground.
Added the seasonings (Gunny's bratwurst recipe
Now I don't know why but it took me an awful long time to get the casing on the tube.
Only had one blowout so I squeezed it off, tied it and resumed stuffing.
Had a couple of minor mishaps with the linking but nothing too serious.
I need to work on my uniform link length.
Ended up with several packages for the freezer and saved some out for breakfast tommorrow.
Got a question for the pros though. How long to you have to wait after twisting the links before you can cut them to individual links? I cut a couple and I know there was no twist left on the casing but I figure oh well, I'll just deal with it when I cook it.
That stuffer is SWEET! Much easier than stuffing with a grinder.
Dave