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  1. rgautheir20420

    Sweet and Spicy snack stix

    Hello everyone. I'm looking to make something different out of my next batch of snack sticks. I wanted to go more sweet and spicy with them, but I can't seem to find a suitable recipe. I don't want to add maple syrup to the ingredient list. I was thinking these ingredients to start.  .25 % Cure...
  2. rgautheir20420

    Spicy Salami and Pfefferbeißer salami

    I put together 1 kilo logs of a spicy salami and Pfefferbeißer style salami on Sunday morning. FL-C was used for fermenting with 3% dextrose for each. Currently hanging @ 70-72 F and wrapped in moist paper towels to ensure no case hardening while they're fermenting. They'll be put into the...
  3. rgautheir20420

    5th Annual Gauthier Crawfish Boil and Oyster Shuck

    Alright. So I wasn't on this forum for this party last year, but since I'm here now I figured I'd share this occasion with everyone. The actual party isn't until tomorrow at 1 pm and is following my daughter's Baptism tomorrow morning at 10 am.  This is a party we do every year and the date...
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    Knock-off Thermopen $10.18 w/Prime

    Knock off Thermapen for cheap. http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Thermometer-…/…/ref=sr_1_1… Digital Use code THERMO51 to get it for 10.18. Just ordered one!
  5. rgautheir20420

    **Help** Need General Contractor - Austin, Tx

    I'm turning to the SMF community because I know no better one. A good friend of mine that lives in Austin, Tx is having trouble with his contractor. It's the all too often heard story of pay half the price of the job once contracts signed, contractor comes and gives a quote, does 1 days worth of...
  6. rgautheir20420

    AMNPS - Using Todd's dust while hot smoking

    Yesterday was an ugly day over here in SW Chicago. The morning started out chilly and sunny. I loaded a 4 lbs chuckie into the MES30 around 8am. I had a couple issue during the smoke, but that's not the purpose of this post. A few weeks ago I told Bear I would use the dust on my next hot smoke...
  7. rgautheir20420

    Peanut Butter Porter - delicious!

    So I'm just getting back into brewing. I was brewing for about 2 years very often and then it sort of stopped due to me starting to make sausage and what not. Now, I'm figuring out ways to get both done. I thought I'd share the one that was brewed 2 Sundays ago and will be kegged on Friday. It's...
  8. rgautheir20420

    Some Andouille and Kabanosy

    Made 5 lbs of Len Poli's Kabanosy on Saturday and I've got 5 lbs of Andouille stuffed and chilling in the fridge to be smoked tonight. I used 19mm collagen casings for the Kabanosy and smoked and finished in about 5 hours. I had to rush them a bit but still managed no fat out. The casings I...
  9. rgautheir20420

    What should I cure next?

    I am sort of a loss. A week ago, I had 5 or 6 hunks of meat in my fridge curing. Now I have none and it just feels wrong. Currently I've got 2 Coppa, 1 Pancetta, 10 lbs of salami (2 recipes), and 1 Lonzino drying.  Does anyone have any suggestions?
  10. rgautheir20420

    Another 1st Brisket Thread

    Well, I've decided to try my hand at a brisket. I picked up a 12 lb full packer on lunch from Costco for $4.19 a lb! My plan is to rub with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I'm going to have to separate the flat and point because it's too long to fit into my MES30. If anyone has a...
  11. rgautheir20420

    How long does re-thawed already cooked food last?

    So my wife and I make a good amount of freezer meals for ourselves. There's something I'd like to confirm regarding the thawing of already cooked food in the fridge and how long it's good for. As an example, let's say I cook a freezer meal on Monday and it's ready that day. That same day, I...
  12. rgautheir20420

    Thermoworks PH meter

    So I'd like to get a pH meter, but a Hanna is just out of the price range. Can anyone comment to this ThermoWorks meter?  http://www.thermoworks.co...89ph_meter.html
  13. rgautheir20420

    Andouille (UMAI)

    So I've been wanting to do this....so I finally did. Took my Andouille recipe and removed the thyme, added cure #2, upped the salt, and added flc for the ferment along with .5% dextrose. Looking forward to this!
  14. rgautheir20420

    Coppa (UMAI)

    Well since the .99 cent per lb buy at Jewel, I thought I'd give butchering the Coppa portion out of the butt and getting one going. I'm really not sure if I did it right. I watched the tutorials and all the videos, but of course my butt don't look like that other guys butt..... All in all, I...
  15. rgautheir20420

    Sausage Recipe Builder - Android/iPhone App

    So why isn't there one of these yet? The homemade sausage craft has begun to take hold I feel and it's about time that one gets put together. I'm also a homebrewer and I've got Beersmith at my finger tips on my phone. I can add ingredients and take notes and do everything I need on there. It's...
  16. rgautheir20420

    Jewel Osco - Pork Price .99 cents per lb!

    Go stock up! Website shows good through 2/24. I picked up one yesterday, but I'm getting another big boy today cause I'm gonna cut the Coppa out of each for drying and the rest for sausage.
  17. rgautheir20420

    Pancetta (UMAI)

    So I started my Pancetta on Saturday. I used the recipe from the UMAI site minus the juniper berries (I never have these at home). When using the recipe, I broke out all of the ingredients into percentages used and I use that method of figuring how much of each spice to use. I find it much...
  18. rgautheir20420

    Dry cure large cuts

    I've 8 lbs of belly at home. A portion I'm going to be making into pancetta, but I'll also be making 3 or so lbs of bacon. The larger portion is going to be way to big for any ziplock I've got so I was thinking I could wrap it nice and tight and snug in plastic wrap after it seasoned and just...
  19. rgautheir20420

    Chef's Choice 250 Electric Knife Sharpener

    Just picked up this sharpener from Amazon and I'm very excited! I've got a set up Cutco knives and a Dexter filet knife that my handheld sharpeners just don't get sharp anymore. They are pretty old. Looking forward to getting this bad boy.
  20. rgautheir20420

    Dried Albanian Beef???

    So another thing that my co-worker has wanted me to give a shot. He told me a story from when he was younger living in Albania that he remember his grandmother smoking out in the smokehouse for days.They'd cure thick strips of beef and then smoke them for days over hickory and some heat. His...
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