- Feb 5, 2019
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Hi everyone. I’m doing my first batch of smoked elk sausage. It’s actually farmers sausage which is a favorite where I’m from. I added cure #1 to the meat mixture at a ratio of 1tsp per 5 pounds of meat. I then hung the sausage in a smoker to cold smoke for 4-6 hrs.
The place I bought the sausage supplies told me that people often use cure #1 to get a pink/red colour to their sausage. Well mine is not pink/red at all. It is more so brownish grey. It hasn’t really changed much after 3 hrs of smoking. So my question is, am I doing this right? I did piles of research on here prior to starting this batch and everything is going according to plan. I’m just wondering why the colour is not as advertised. I couldn’t really care less about the colour, I just want to make sure I’m doing things right. Thanks everyone.
The place I bought the sausage supplies told me that people often use cure #1 to get a pink/red colour to their sausage. Well mine is not pink/red at all. It is more so brownish grey. It hasn’t really changed much after 3 hrs of smoking. So my question is, am I doing this right? I did piles of research on here prior to starting this batch and everything is going according to plan. I’m just wondering why the colour is not as advertised. I couldn’t really care less about the colour, I just want to make sure I’m doing things right. Thanks everyone.