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In 1978 the feds mandated that pumped bacon cure contain a minimum amount of vitamin c. This was shown to prevent the formation of nitrosamines in bacon cooked for up to 3 minutes each side at 350 degrees. Lot of medical research on this stuff out there. No doubt nitrosamines are produced...
Just ran another batch of casingless pepperoni sticks yesterday, but having a little trouble with fat rendering. I have searched other posts and understand that the temp control is important. Here are the details:
Ground up a pretty lean roast for the sticks (beef maybe 10% fat)
partially...
I picked up "wild game sausage binder" at the local sportsmans warehouse. It has dextrose, corn syrup solids and protein to retain moisture and bind sausages.
I have done them 2 different ways. I have looped them over smoke sticks and hung them. But i prefer to lay them out in rows in the smoker. That way you can rotate racks if need be. I also do not use a water pan. I have found that sticks get that nice mahogany color as they dry out a bit. I...
I agree with your view of cumin but you could say the same about garlic. I always use cumin in my chili. Its the taste of the combination that makes it good. My preffered spices for rubs are salt,pepper,paprika,raw sugar,garlic powder and onion powder.
Wow thats a huge stack of sticks. Did you use collagen casings?. By the way LEM also sells a 20mm tube for the jerky cannon. Good for small batches of sticks.
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