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  1. tennsmoker

    Clarksville, Tenn called 'Best Place to Retire'

    HEY ALL FORUM MEMBERS, Especially any members just looking for a place to move to & call home. I live here and love it. Check out this link in our local newspaper: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20130205/NEWS01/302050044?source=nletter-top5 also GreatPlacesToRetire.com...
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    Venison Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Summer Sausage w/Q-Views

    This will be my 1st batch of summer sausage with cheddar cheese added, don't know how it will turn out. I ordered these 18" casing and they are too long for my MES30, so I'll have to smoke these in my cold smoking smokehouse, it will be much harder to control the temp. Here's the recipe I'm...
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    My First Try with Roller's Amish White Sandwich Bread also, plus one Q-View

    Roller, got to give credit where credit is due. I saw SmokinHusker's thread where she had made your Amish White Bread for the 1st time and it looked so good that I had to try it myself. Well your are looking at only one loaf the recipe makes two!!! we ate the other one it was so good, the wife...
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    RARE OCCASION - HOG SLAGHTERING IN TENNESSEE W/Q-VIEWS

    It was really a rare occasion to witness 2 hogs being slaughtered Fri & Sat at a farmer friend of ours house. Many of you like me have watched a You Tube video of this taking place, but not up close and personal. This 325 lb hog is waiting to go in the scald tub to remove outer skin and hair...
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    CANADIAN BACON and TENN COUNTRY SMOKED SAUSAGE COMBINATION W/Q-VIEWS

    I started  this thread in the bacon forum because I am making Canadian bacon but also cold smoking TENN COUNTRY SMOKED SAUSAGE. I'll start with the Canadian bacon recipe and instructions then the sausage: CANADIAN BACON Used same cure as belly bacon "LEM Backwoods Bacon Cure Dry Rub"...
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    Recipe For A Real Man's Sandwich

    Recipe For A Real Man's Sandwich I have to pass this on to a few friends. It is awesome. It's a killer sandwich, no I mean a killer, really. The Absolute Ultimate 'Man Sandwich' Here's what you are going to need: I used a loaf of hard-crusted Italian bread, three rib eye steaks, 1 lb...
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    TENN COUNTRY SMOKED BREAKFAST SAUSAGE 1st THREAD with Q-VIEWS

    I have searched SMF from one end to the other looking for a COUNTRY (COLD) SMOKED BREAKFAST SAUSAGE thread,  haven't found one yet so this could be the first one!! If there is one please let me know. I did see some different kinds of sausage being fermenting not talking about those. I have...
  8. tennsmoker

    FIRST BACON SMOKE IN NEW SMOKEHOUSE Q-VIEWS TOO

    OK, time has finally arrived to try my hand at "mak'n bacon". This is my 1st attempt having reading hrs upon hrs of post from you fellow members, so on with the show.  Please comment and correct me if I am doing something wrong, thanx, al Straight out of the fridge. These are the pork...
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    VENISON BREAKFAST SAUSAGE "HOW TO"

    I have been searching fo at least 20 min and I haven't found any kind of recipe or instruction's on what to add to deer meat or how to make a fresh breakfast sausage!! I presume you add pork fat, but what %, and what else?? thanx al
  10. tennsmoker

    Open Country meat slicer or Nesco or Metalware all same "I Think" $47 Great Buy

    Walmart  "Black Friday" link http://blackfriday.com/stores/walmart/flyers/black-friday has listed a Open Country meat slicer for $47 & I think it is the same as the Nesco 150 Watt Food Slicer Item Number: FS-150PRP $129 ALSO same as open country for $129   This link is the open country web...
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    SNACK STICKS STORAGE QUESTION?

    It's hard enough to make a great tasting snack stick  but, HOW DO YOU KEEP SNACK STICKS FRESH?  Other than vacuum seal & freeze. Searched & couldn't find anything!! AL
  12. tennsmoker

    SMOKEHOUSE MAILBOX MOD - POPS6927 PAT PENDING - MY "BUILD" VERSION - & Q-VIEWS

    What's different about this mailbox mod is I built it from scratch, The following Q-Views show how I did it from material I had on hand About 8am sun coming thru the trees Mailbox aft end, with brace so I can form the alum over each end Front and rear attached Alum rolled by hand...
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    I HAVE AN AMAZING PELLET QUESTION

    In my pellet inventory I have pellets from Todd on hand, 4 different flavors, hickory oak apple pitmaster (hickory/cherry/maple I know some of you have experimented and mixed pellets many times, but using what I have, what would be the best combination? I am ready to smoke my next batch of...
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    SMOKE HOUSE PLANS & MATERIAL'S plus 1st Q-Views

    OK SMF, I have looked thru "I think" all the smoke house plan's in the forum, so I said to myself I can do that!! I have taken the plunge bought the materials, drawn up some plans & would really appreciate any suggestion's you have or any comment, just want to make sure I am going in the rightr...
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    MY AMNPS ON TOP OF WATERPAN in a MES30??

    Because the AMNPS is too tall to go under the heating element. Is there any problem with setting the AMNPS ON TOP OF THE WATER PAN to smoke my SS? or will it get too hot there and burn too quick? Any help is appreciated, Al
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    CAN YOU USE LONDON BROIL TO MAKE SS OR SNACK STICKS!!

    I have been using "chuck roast" but WOW the price per lb has gone out of sight, almost too expensive to even make SS OR SNACK STICKS!! Please help me here, what are the cheaper cuts that some of you have used, excluding venison? Just a sausage maker on a fixed income, Thanks, Al
  17. tennsmoker

    THE PERFECT STAND/TABLE FOR MY MES30" HOMEBUILT" with Q-VIEW

    I have had enough of being on my knees & standing on my head just to get my MES30 going. As you know, most of the meat prep takes place on the bottom, AMNS or AMNPS or AMNTS, woodchips, etc. The dim's are 22" deep X 21" wide X 22" high. I plan on painting it oil base black semigloss that way...
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    MY AC LEGG'S #114 SUMMER SAUSAGE "NEWBIE VERSION" with QView's

    OK, I have put together a sausage making instructional "how to step by step" with Q-View's in making a batch of summer sausage for any newbie (like me) out there. Please comment, suggest chg's, tell me if I'm doing something wrong, thanks a bunch. AL    This is a snap shot of the...
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    TIP OF THE DAY HOW TO CLEAN A 3/8" STUFFING TUBE

    This little jewel came from a Co on Amazon called MusicSupplyDirect only cost $3.50 & free shipping, works like a charm. It's 7/8" wide about 2.50" long. Maybe this will help someone that uses a wire and piece of cloth like me. Al
  20. tennsmoker

    LEM Backwoods "Hot Stick" Pkg Mix (my third attempt)

    Please help me to improve on my sausage making!  Critique my method, spices, etc., please. I know that this thread would be elementry to most of you seasoned sausage makers but for me it was a success after all the research and reading page after page on SMF. I took about 10 or 12 pieces to my...
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