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    Kroger pork butts

    Not just water, but salt water, which screws up everything.
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    Kroger pork butts

    Be careful what pork you buy at Kroger. Most of their pork is that 'enhanced with a solution of..." crap.
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    Labor Day Canadian Bacon

    It does not taste like ham to me. The cuts of meat are different and the cures are different, thus the flavors are different.
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    Labor Day Canadian Bacon

    I love Canadian Bacon (actually an American thing) too, and yours looks quite tasty. I've found that I prefer the authentic Canadian style which is unsmoked and rolled in pea meal or cornmeal after curing and before slicing. What I would really like to find, but is nonexistent here, is British...
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    Hey! I just noticed this forum.

    I joined SMF a year ago, but never really paid any mind to the social groups. I'm down in the southeast corner, next door to Pittsburg, Ks. Howdy! :D
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    Homemade Sonic Drive-in foot long chili dogs, anyone?

    Dillons has the foot long buns six per package to go with the foot long hot dogs. The buns are baked individually instead of 4-up in a mold like regular buns. I'm thinking of just trying to make up some soft bun dough and bake them on parchment paper in a sheet pan.
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    Homemade Sonic Drive-in foot long chili dogs, anyone?

    I like Sonic Drive-in chilidogs, but seldom go there to get them. I've searched in vain for a copycat recipe to no avail. :( I did pick up a few hints and clues from some food forums that suggest the Sonic chili sauce contains chopped onions and is similar tasting to Hormel Chili with no...
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    Substitutions questions / Meat Snack Help

    You should be able to justify it on cost alone. I can buy packages of 8-12 snack sticks produced by a local commercial processor for $8.99/lb. Mass-produced individually packaged brand name sticks will cost more. Homemade (assuming you buy whole pork butts & grind your own meat) will cost you...
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    least favorite part of making sausage ?

    Cleaning those %$#@**! grinder plates - especially the 1/8" & 3/16" ones!
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    Substitutions questions / Meat Snack Help

    Why limit yourself to only one or two pound recipes? You will spend more time making than eating and enjoying. Plus, unless you have an accurate digital gram scale, it is difficult to measure out the dry ingredients in quantities that small - especially the cure #1. Several of the sausage...
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    Favorite things to do with leftover pulled pork?

    Atomic Buffalo Turds! AKA: ABT's. 1 dozen fresh Jalapenos (for starters) 24 slices of bacon cream cheese pulled pork Split each jalapeno lengthwise & remove seeds (leave the stem cap on) and fill with cream cheese and top with pulled pork. (less cream cheese, more pork!) Wrap each half with a...
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    A minor correction to the recipe: Refrigerate overnight after mixing & before stuffing. I'm sure everyone knows to do this already, but it needed corrected.
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    At least the snow stopped.
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    Yes, mainly because I already had an AMNPS loaded with hickory and it was too danged cold in the garage to screw around with anything else. :p
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    If they would just stay twisted after I hang them... :oops: I always end up tying them with kitchen twine.
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    Like I said in my first post, I'm attempting to replicate a cooked sausage I got at Aldie's. Their flavor was reminiscent of pepperoni, but not exact. There was no tang to the flavor. From the taste of the sample patties, I'm close. The patties were very tasty. These are hanging in the...
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    Not for a hot dog. I'm going for a Pepperoni flavor - not an actual Pepperoni.
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    Here's what I'm doing: I mixed the meat up yesterday, and after a few hours in the fridge. to marry the flavors I fried a few test patties. I adjusted the spices a bit, put it back in the refrig. overnight, and am ready to stuff the meat into casings. It's snowing like crazy right now, so the...
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    I've decided to experiment with a 5 lb batch using one of my pepperoni recipes. I'll tweak it with added Paprika for color and stuff it in 26mm hotdog casings. I plan to only lightly smoke them for a couple of hours, then finish cooking in 160° hot water like they were ordinary hot dogs..
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    Pepperoni style hot dogs???

    Thanks. I spent some time using the search feature before my OP. I have plenty of pepperoni recipes from multiple sources, but was asking if anyone has tried to make a pepperoni-flavored hot dog and what changes they made to a pepperoni recipe to get there. I guess I did not make myself clear...
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