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    simple summer sausage-again.

    Recently i have relized im out of all sorts of sausages (the horror! ) and decided to go with Disco's simple summer sausage. Made it couple of times before and liked it. Used 2inch collagen casings becouse they are the perfect size for crackers and cheese.all ready to party.two days rest in the...
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    Blood sausage fail-help!

    I was so pumped to finely be able to get fresh pork blood. Blood sausage here I come. Went with blood and tongue recipe. Got every thing exept the potatoes flour. Looked and looked. No dice. Found box of dry instant mashed potatoes and why not? Skined and Brined the tongue for a week. Got...
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    thai sausage

    Have none left so went and got 7 lbs. chicken thighs. Debone (saving bones and scraps for soup stock) cut up and partialy freeze. Got the rest of ingredients ready.Now its time to get my hands dirty. Must not c forget the mandatory taste. Just exelent!Time to stuff. Waiting for the water to get...
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    Second go at terrine.

    Made some few weeks ago and enjoyed it immensely. Only it was gone much too soon. While looking for something else in the freezer saw some meat that needed to be used . Pork shoulder, pork belly,skin, couple of trotters and some bones from pork bur I was saving for something or other. Brined it...
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    time for snack stix

    At a previous post i mentioned having several rabbits to use up so decided to make some stix.since rabbit is so lean pork shoulder was included .Had 3 of them in the freezer so good way to make room. Deboned the rabbit and cut up the pork.Put in freezer to chill while get spices ready.Mix...
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    Sweet italian sausage using rabbit.

    My sons wife raises rabbits for meat and needed to thin the herd. Ended up bringing home 6 rabbits. Had couple in freezer already so what to do? Make sausage ! Decided on italian since i had none already made .Besides who does not like italian sausages?Got couple out to thaw two days ago. It...
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    FIRST TIME TERRINE.

    A big thank you to Snorkelinggirl for posting such detailed write up way back when even i could follow. And i finely did. Got all my ingredients together...For my first time followed the instructions pretty close. All the players ready for the pool. Turn on the heat on low and bring up to gentle...
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    Terrine help.

    Hi everyone. I'm getting ready to make pork terrine on Sunday and have a question . Was going to put it in small individual pans and was wondering can it be frozen? Please advise. I would hate to waste some. Am really looking forward to it. Some sliced onion and white vinegar with rye bread...
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    The waiting game.

    Just heard from my daughter in law my son has been taken to emergency room with severe chest pains. Due to covid nobody is able to go in with him. She was given phone number to call every hour for updates. So frustrating! Sorry for venting.
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    Thai chicken sausage.

    I have made it once before and liked it very much. But it's long gone. As it happens I had 4 lbs. Of chicken thighs in the freezer and time this morning. ( I did take them out couple days ago ) I must say thank you to Cougar 78 for providing the recipe. If you haven't tried it already do...
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    I made a mistake!

    After reading recent posts on brisket I was excited to see my local store was advertising brisket for 2.99 a lb. That is about a third of regular price. So ran and grabbed a good one about 14 lbs. Cut it up,trimmed a bit of the big fat,weigh each piece, mixed up appropriate amount of spices to...
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    Hungarian sausage -Kolbasz.

    Came across this some time ago and was intrigued. Having extra time now days it was a good time to give it a go. Followed the instructions on Len Poly's site.spice mix and glass of sweet wine. And all mixed up ready to stuff. and this always makes me smilecheck out the fancy pricker lol...
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    in need of pepperoni!

    In need of pepperoni! Was informed by my kids and grandkids that we are out of pepperoni so what is a man to do? Make more of course. 6 lbs of ground beef andcure,b. Pepper,w. Pepper,mustard seed,red pepper flakes, Garlic, sugar, paprika, anise,salt,dry mil7,fermento,cold water all mixed up and...
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    boudin craving again

    It seems to rain here forever! Have a craving for boudin since I had it I don't know how long ago so time to make some comfort food! (not that I need it after tying my shoes this morning ).went and got 9 1/2 lbs. Of pork shoulder here it is all seasoned up ready for browning.some vegetables and...
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    beef bologna in the making

    Recently I have made sample batch of beef bologna and really enjoyed it. But since it was only 2 1/2 lbs.and many tastings later it's gone! Time to make more! I apologize for not giving thanks to the party that originally posted the recipe but I have no idea where it came from. If you are...
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    Quest for best summer sausage # who knows lol.

    My quest continues. Have made number of attempts. Some better then others. The bad ones were as much my fault for non paying attention to process and not being keen on the spices used. So when i came across Disco's recipe that he kindly shared here i gave it a go. And am glad i did! Just a...
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    Genoa salami experiment.

    Was running low on sausage and having some time was pondering what to try next. In going through my supplies came across 50 mm Umai casings and cure #2. Looked up Genoa in Marianski,s book and having everything needed it was decided. Somehow in my exitement ended up with 10 lbs. of beef and 10...
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    spicy pepperoni for christmas

    Made some pepperoni couple of times before and it was a success-according to the boys (grand kids) and finely got some time so made a new batch. List of ingredients to follow at the end. Got 5 lbs. of beef and 2 lbs. pork,got my spices all lined up and all in the pool to be mixed up.Covered up...
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    chicken with sage and garlic.

    Some 2 months ago i made some chicken,sage and garlic sausage following Shyzabrau recipe and it was exelent. I ate it much too quick and kept thinking about it since. So yesterday the stars aligned and i was able to make more. Followed the recipe almost to a T. Almost. up the salt,sage,pepper...
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    Spicy italian and hungarian sausage.

    Found 10 lbs. of pork in my freezer and some spice mix i forgot i had and since i NEEDED some sausage sooo cut it up ground and spices ready stuffed and ready for a nap in the fridge till tomorrow AAAH..tomorrow turned out to be a bust so one more day and in they go let the magic flow...
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