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  1. frankieg3

    Venison Jerky with pork shoulder? No good

    I think I know the answer to this question but I'm asking anyway. I'm entering a local jerky contest and mixed up 5 lbs of venison I had ground with 30% pork shoulder. I've always used straight venison but didn't even think about the difference. You can definitely taste the fat and the meat...
  2. frankieg3

    Prague Powder for Venison Sausage if freezing majority on completion?

    Making 15lbs Venison and juniper sausage today and the recipe calls for 5 tbsp of sea salt. If I intend to freeze the majority of the output for a later date, should I substitute the sea salt for Prague #1 or given that it will be frozen is that overkill and just go with the sea salt? I've used...
  3. frankieg3

    New Kid on the Block

    Hi my name is Frank. I whitetail hunt in the NE and recently purchased my own processing equipment- grinder/sausage stuffer, dehydrator- a start. I'm looking for creative ways to eat the venison I was fortunate to harvest this season- salami, vjerky, snack sticks, etc. and realized that this is...
  4. frankieg3

    Will This Venison Salami make it?

    So from the prior thread, I converted the meat mixed with instacure#2 into salami- originally intended for jerky- last night and hung it at 75F @ 75% RH. It has  turned completely red overnight. Pic below.  My first batch of venison salami has been fermenting for 3 days in the same...
  5. frankieg3

    Venison Jerky and Instacure#2?

    I just took my first foray into charcuterie and packed 13 venison salami yesterday using 1 tbs Instacure#2 to 5 lbs ground venison/smoked bacon tips/pork backfat/ country pork rib....Tonight I mixed up 7.5 ground venison to soak overnight in a jerky marinade. I used 1.5 tbs Instacure#2 but...
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