Breakfast Sausage Time

[gary s]

I was out of Breakfast sausage and I had an extra pork butt in the freezer so  Fresh pork sausage.

I love links but was out of sheep casings So I just stuffed into about plastic tubes.

Started with about an 8 lb. Butt

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Gor her deboned

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Slicing it up in small cubes

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

I had some extra fat that I added

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Ready to do the first grind (I use the big plate first

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

You can see I just pulled this out of the freezer

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

First Grind.  I mix my seasoning in and back in the fridge till the second grind

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Sorry no pics of the second grind but I'm ready to stuff

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Stuffer and bags ready, waiting on me

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

First Bag ready to be sealed with hog ring

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

8 lbs. of sausage  5 bags about 1.6 lbs per bag

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

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• gary s
• Jul 20, 2016

Thanks for looking

 

[SmokinAl]

The sausage looks really good, Gary!

Did you use a premixed seasoning or your own blend.

We like the mix from the sausage maker.

I like the bag too, makes it easy to slice into patties.

I sent a point your way!

Al

 

[gary s]

Thanks Al, it was my own blend. I've been trying for well over a year to duplicate Parnell's Old Folks Sausage. That is the one one My Wife and Grandson prefer.

I like the Leggs sausage blend.  But my grandson said I nailed it have to wait and see what the Boss says..

One thing I do (Sometimes) is almost freeze the bags then slice it on my slicer, put about 8 patties per bag and Vac seal.  Man not this time.

Gary

 

[crazymoon]

Gary, nice job ,you always need some breakfast sausage on hand !

 

[gary s]

Thanks CM

Gary

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks Mighty Tasty, Gary!!

You gonna freeze & slice them into patties??

Points to you.

Isn't it getting to Hot & Dry down there?

Don't you think you ought to move up here to PA with me??

The closest house to me, across the road (about 1/4 mile away) is for sale. It's not very big, but it has a small pond about 15' from the back door.

Bear

 

[driedstick]

Looks great Gary,, I have about 8 butts in the freezer that I need to do,,, We like the larger size links like a brat but in a breakfast blend,, put cure in it and cold smoke it with apple for about 4hrs ,,,, still needs cooked before eating. 

Yours looks great!!! POINTS

DS
 

 

[tropics]

Gary looks good,I was always under the impression, that when you defrosted meat you had to cook it before refreezing. Points

Richie

 

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks fantastic Gary, I see some fabulous breakfasts in your future.

I need to get me one of those hog ringers, I am still on the butcher twine method.

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• redheelerdog
• Jun 12, 2016

 

[bluewhisper]

Looks good! I'm waiting for a good deal on pork shoulder and it isn't happening. We used to have buy-one-get-one-free deals. I'm ready to grind.

This year I have two kinds of sage so it would be interesting to split the batch and see if I can taste the difference.

 

[gary s]

Thanks Richie, I have always done it that way when I had a stash of Butts. But !!! you got me thinking am I doing it wrong so I looked it up

and here is what it said

The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) advises: Once food is thawed in the refrigerator, it is safe to refreeze  it without cooking, although there may be a loss of quality due to the moisture lost through thawing. After cooking raw foods which were previously frozen, it is safe to freeze  the cooked foods.  

And Thank you     Bear, driedstick. redheelerdog and BlueWhisper

Gary

 

[driedstick]

 
Thanks Richie, I have always done it that way when I had a stash of Butts. But !!! you got me thinking am I doing it wrong so I looked it up

and here is what it said

The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) advises: Once food is thawed in the refrigerator, it is safe to refreeze  it without cooking, although there may be a loss of quality due to the moisture lost through thawing. After cooking raw foods which were previously frozen, it is safe to freeze  the cooked foods.  

And Thank you     Bear, driedstick. redheelerdog and BlueWhisper

Gary

Thanks, Gary,,, My mom always told me not to refreeze after thawing,,,some meat has been wasted over the years,,, not no more THANKS

DS
 

 

[gary s]

We need to Thank Richie for bringing it up !!    Thank you my friend

Gary

 

[gearjammer]

Looks good enough to eat.
Points to you.

Ed

 

[driedstick]

Thanks Richie 

 

[gary s]

Thanks for the points Ed.

 

[GaryHibbert]

Hey Gary.  That's good to know.  I'm like the others--I thought once it was thawed, it shouldn't be refrozen because you don't know if it had been frozen and thawed once before..  That will sure make life a lot easier.

Gary

 

[gary s]

Thanks Gary

Gary

 

[bdskelly]

Well... As usual I've been traveling and was late for breakfast.  Hate it cause I know you take breakfast sausage seriously! Nice post and awesome chubs! point

Brian

 

[gary s]

Thank you Brian

Gary