Cajun Sausage ~ Foamheart

[foamheart]

I ran out of homemade smoked Cajun sausage a couple a months ago, there is just no way to make Jambalaya without good smoked Cajun sausage. When folks heard I had to buy sausage it was pretty funny all the sausage that showed up unannounced. You know how everyone says they'll never eat store bought bacon once they have made their own? Well I had just quit making Cajun foods using sausage till I could make some more. I have to say I have been exposed to the worst tasting excuse for sausage I ever had for the last few months. Seriously have you ever had a garlic sausage (similar to Kielbasa) with a dominate sage background? Even my old stand by, the one I have loved since a kid, the one I emulate with my own. They changed and are no longer the same. They don't even smoke their sausage anymore! So all the moaning and groaning aside, My baby Sister brought me some butts to shut me up. LOL So I've made sausage.

Butts



Price was high but its the only butt sale this year so far. December they were on sale for .88/lb. now well I guess I am getting more like my Pop every day....LOL We kindly called him frugal! Very kindly and always smiled. LOL



Let 'em sit a couple a days, no particular reason, I was just lazy! Then it was grinding



I actually after deboning and a bit of trimming off the bad fat, got 36 pounds.

< heel of the right palm to the forehead>
I always do this, I have a couple of 1/2 lugs and a couple a full lugs in the garage and I never think of them! I have 4 of these low profile tupperware bowls and I just always grab them. Each will hold about 15 pounds ground meat.



I mixed in that mild Cajun sausage blend A friend in the businesse's recipe, and started stuffing. BTW 30 Pounds of sausage done by one old fart in a day I don't think I'll be doing again.



And here is some of the stuffed sausage awaiting twisting..... I still have some left over for hammy stix or breakfast links, or even thinking about making some of the "Take the hide off your tongue" or "make you sweat on that little bald spot in the back", Cajun HOT links! I do like a good hot sausage Poboy!



Thats just 15 pounds........ <above>



Thats all of them, stuffed and twisted , ready to be smoked.



I was right, it was just too much , I be smoking again tomorrow and then I'll finish cooking them all. The above was just a sneak peek at 4 hours.



Pulled these at 7 hours and into the reefer. 4 hours on the A-MAZ-N w/ cob and apple, last 3 finished with pecan in the cold smoker. These are still considered raw, uncooked.

Thought I would start the thread today so I didn't have to type all night tomorrow night, while the CWS game was on..>>LOL

Right now I am thinking about a couple a aspirin, a hot shower and a cold longneck!

I will pick this back up tomorrow.... maybe..LOL

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I'm 31 and I think I'm as frugal as you Foamy.. So it can't be a bad thing? LOL.

Can I do a sausage like this with a non edible casing? So I can just peel the casing off it when I want to eat it? I find at times the sensation of casing makes me gag, and some people I know and would love to give home made treats like this too don't have the best of teeth and actually have to cut casings away on bratwurst and hot dogs.

<Also I need a seperate fridge and freezer now. I want to make all these tasty things and lack room!>

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks like a great start!
That ought to last you a while!
Al

 

[crazymoon]

Foam, Great looking sausage, I was hoping there was a recipe included . :) like

 

[radio]

can't wait to see everything finished! I wish I had the time and energy to make a batch or two!

 

[foamheart]

I'm 31 and I think I'm as frugal as you Foamy.. So it can't be a bad thing? LOL.

Can I do a sausage like this with a non edible casing? So I can just peel the casing off it when I want to eat it? I find at times the sensation of casing makes me gag, and some people I know and would love to give home made treats like this too don't have the best of teeth and actually have to cut casings away on bratwurst and hot dogs.

<Also I need a seperate fridge and freezer now. I want to make all these tasty things and lack room!>

I have actually gotten rid of one freezer. Now down to three reefers and 2 freezers.... Of course they are all full.

I have no idea about casings, I always use either sheep or Pork. I inherited a couple of those jerky shooters/guns and afraid if I did it and it was too easy, I'd quit loading those casings on the tube....LOL

 

[foamheart]

Looks like a great start!
That ought to last you a while!
Al

Thanks Al.... right I hope they last but if life holds true maybe get me to fall and thats only a couple a months away.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Foam I'm trying to frankenstein a proper casing nozzle to a jerky gun thanks to Robert from Texas here sending me attachments he didn't use. I have to get to a proper hardware store to buy a sheet of metal to cut out a ring to keep the thing in place etc..and I can tell you from using a 16 dollar jerky pistol to stuff 6 pounds of meat.. it's not easy ;) Your hand goes numb LOL

 

[HalfSmoked]

Hey Foamy this one old fart to another great looking start to a great finish I'm sure. Frugal ha my youngest daughter I have always called her squeaky man can she stretch a dollar.

Thia old fart here will be 75 Monday.

Warren

 

[tropics]

Nice start Brother Kevin
Richie

 

[foamheart]

Foam, Great looking sausage, I was hoping there was a recipe included . :) like

Thank you sir.

I would love to share but, to make a long story short. No. See its a friend's family's recipe that has been making sausage commercially out their little store down the road long before I was even around. The son and I hunted and fished together and I sort of got their recipe. Now the family has taken their meats regional. So I just wouldn't feel right about it.

I will tell you this though. It is much like the NOLA recipe with a bit of sugar. OMG! The NOLA is new format and all the real Cajun recipes are gone! I just checked, was going to furnish a link but its all gone. That was the most authentic list of food and sausage recipes there was. The andouille , sausage, chaurice etc etc etc,. Its all new stuff, wow I am going to miss that. It was so easy to send folks to their site. I would have copied 'em all to my HD had I known. Its the Times Picayune's change of hands a couple a years ago just now filtering down.

 

[crazymoon]

Kevin, I saw the "friend in the sausage biz"satement and knew it was a secret. :) Again that is some fine looking sausage!

 

[foamheart]

can't wait to see everything finished! I wish I had the time and energy to make a batch or two!

Kinda sad, when ya finally get where you have all the time, you lack the energy....LOL We just need more cold beer!

 

[c9belayer]

I've grown to like collagen casings vs. the real thing. For one, it's much faster loading the nozzle. Second, when you cook them, the sausage expands a little past each end. the collagen casing does not. So, once cooked, it's really simple to slice and pull the casings off - it comes off easily, leaving you a nice sausage with no casing at all.

Note this doesn't work with snack sticks. You still gotta deal with 19-21mm sheep casings, which is a real PIA, but damn they're good!

 

[dcecil]

Thats unbelievable, I cannot wait to pull something like that Off. SOOO much to learn still. Great job dude. Big Like

 

[foamheart]

Foam I'm trying to frankenstein a proper casing nozzle to a jerky gun thanks to Robert from Texas here sending me attachments he didn't use. I have to get to a proper hardware store to buy a sheet of metal to cut out a ring to keep the thing in place etc..and I can tell you from using a 16 dollar jerky pistol to stuff 6 pounds of meat.. it's not easy ;) Your hand goes numb LOL

I am getting further and further away from special design and engineering projects. I will write that down and remember it.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I got a ratchet it back kind. I keep thinking maybe a proper stuffer wouldn't hurt now Lol.

 

[chopsaw]

Foam , you get some great color on the sausage you make .

 

[foamheart]

Hey Foamy this one old fart to another great looking start to a great finish I'm sure. Frugal ha my youngest daughter I have always called her squeaky man can she stretch a dollar.

Thia old fart here will be 75 Monday.

Warren

Congratulations on 75.

 

[foamheart]

Nice start Brother Kevin
Richie

Thank ya Richie, wish you were here to share some with! We'd have hot sausage Poboys!