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Wanted to ask what the corned beef/pastrami makers here use in their brine. I use Pop's brine and add pickilibg spice. The amount of pickling spice has me scratching my head. Can't remember how much spice I used last time I made it (write things down, dummy lol). I got the pickling spice...
I finished stuffing them yesterday with plans to smoke them today. Something came up and I probably won't get a chance to smoke them today. Any problem leaving them in the fridge for another day? Thanks.
Agree with the care in trimming. Do that with venison, but, pork I just cut off the big, obvious bad stuff. My main concern here is the texture of the meat after another grind.
Thought I'd see what you're thoughts were on double grinding. I'm making hot Italian and my first grind was through a 7mm plate. i thought I'd try mixing in the spices with my
kitchen aid and I noticed what seemed to a fair bit of longer pieces of what may be silverskin (?). Just a little...
Salt never hurt nobody! lol 10# of .89/lb butts. Didn't really like the fry test, the casings were too big, my beer got warm and the dog kept waiting for something to drop. So, nothing really lost. :emoji_smiley:
Of course, there's no guarantee I won't do this again!
I made some hot Italian sausage yesterday and, being the idiot that I am, left them out on the counter over night. Think they're ok or should I bin them and slap myself on the back of the head? Thanks. (Please, no laughing. I know I'm not the only one to ever do this...
Soldiers also used Spam’s grease to lubricate their guns and waterproof their boots.
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/food/how-spam-went-canned-necessity-american-icon-180963916/#V5dxbiQbr5J8kUWl.99
Says it all for me!:emoji_laughing:
Thanks crazymoon. That's about the plan of attack I had. I noticed he actually vac sealed twice. Once after achieving weight loss and then for storage. It was the first one I was curious about. Thanks.
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