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[lepcur]

I'm getting ready to grind some pork and bear meat to make a bunch of snack sticks.

My plan was to grind and season then stuff the collogen casings and let sit in the fridge for a couple days before smoking.   Will the casings be ok to do this or will they fall apart from the moisture while sitting?? I've never made these before.   Thanks.   Mike

 

[bmudd14474]

This is how I do it. I grind mix and stuff then let it sit in the fridge for a day to cure then into the smoker. Works fine for me.

 

[boykjo]

You'll be fine. I have let sausage cure for three, four days before smoking. Just make sure you cover or rap the sausage.The refrigerator will pull the moisture out of the sausage and dry it out
 

 

[lepcur]

Thanks alot guys. Man what a slow process but after about 9 hrs. I have 30 lbs. all made up and in the fridge.

 

[boykjo]

Cool..... but.......

Sorry.. had to do it.......

 

 

[fuzzyfishin]

 9 hrs to do #30. Sounds like you ground it totaly thawed. I grind mostly frozen. Can do #25 in about an hr. with a 1/2hrs grinder. I mix meat with pork scrap grind once with 1/4in plate. Mix in seasonings grind  1/8in. Let stand to reach a higher temp then add the water and cure, mix and stuff. I let the meat warm for easier stuffing. Had a Dakota water stuffer which I converted to air. Used partly frozen meat stuffing snacksticks and blew it up. Almost caught my wife in the head with the piston as she walked out. What a mess to clean.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Had a Dakota water stuffer which I converted to air. Used partly frozen meat stuffing snacksticks and blew it up. Almost caught my wife in the head with the piston as she walked out. What a mess to clean.

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~Martin

 

[daveomak]

Never ever use compressed air in a water stuffer.....

If it has a failure, the compressed air will continue to push the fragments through the air as if a grenade had exploded....   That is because the air will compress...... Water will not compress and when something breaks, there are no expanding gasses or water to throw the shrapnel....   

Thanks for posting that note..... It is a valuable lesson for others to learn from.....  That is also a reason for NOT plumbing your compressed air in the shop in plastic pipe.... It is cheap but can be very dangerous.....   

Dave