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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    I guess I just don't like to pay for meat or fat to add when I have so much free from elk. I should just get over it! Thanks.
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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    Thank you!
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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    Thank you for the input! I'm eating Jimmy Dean sausage as we speak. I want to spend the effort to make sausage out of elk. I have a good blend to work with now. I just wanted to get input on pork fat, since we've always used beef fat. Do you ever use suet?
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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    That's what I've done for years. I'm reading on other discussions here that beef suet is better than beef fat. I tried kidney fat once and we didn't like it for burger. that's the only time I tried it, though.
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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    I'll have to ask the local butcher about pork trimmings. Thanks. When we grind, we definitely prefer a little more fat than is in elk meat, which is nil. Thanks!
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    Elk Sausage Fat Source

    I have killed at least one elk every year since 2000 and we have always done all our own processing. Hundreds of deer on top of that. That said, I have never added pork to my sausage for the fat source. We have always used beef suet. Yeah, I know. Everyone else uses pork butt. I've just never...
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