Fermented Summer Sausage Time

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Back to the ol recipe for SS

4 1/4lb chuck.
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Diced.
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3/4lb diced pork butt added to chuck
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Now fridge while i get all my ducks ready for a mixup.
 
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Doing a late night mix.
Got my dry ready.
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This is the salt, sugar, garlic powder, allspice, black pepper & ground coriander.
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The dry mix added to the meat chunks.
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Bag and fridge for tonight.
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Tomorrow after grinding i will fold in the mustard seeds, dextrose and SE. Spray in the cure 1 followed by a spray in of the F-LC Then stuff into fibrous casings. The chubs will get a 24 hour ferment time.
 
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So you are mixing the #1 powder with water then spring it on the chunks after the grind? This allows you to get it mixed in better?

Warren
 
So you are mixing the #1 powder with water then spring it on the chunks after the grind? This allows you to get it mixed in better?

Warren

Yes i dissolve the cure with 1/4 cup distilled and then spray onto the ground meat, better surface coverage, mix. Doing the same with the bacto (last) then mix
 
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I'm still learning. Cant let all these young whipper snappers get the jump on me.

Mix the bacto with cold distilled water and add last just before stuffing. Mix well. The spray bottle works great.
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Grinder at the ready.
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Here it is.
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Now slightly crush the mustard seed, fold in the meat.
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Use diff spray bottles for each of the cure, SE and bacto.
Here im spraying in the cure 1. This way gives full coverage onto the ground meat, mix in gently and repeat. Do this with the SE and bacto.
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Yes your mix will turn brown once the cure is added. Normal. The SE will activate during fermenting.
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Now stuffing into 2" fibrous. I tie the ends, hog rings slip.
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Ok now way outta the norm for my fermentation. Place in a tub.
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Now cover the chubs with clear wrap real good. Dont forget to add the small patty to the container you wrapped so you can check the Ph.
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Now cover the chubs.
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Ferment for 24 hours around 80-89* with the lid on. The temp and humidity will be perfect.
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After fermenting you can smoke as normal.

BBL
 
Fermented Summer Sausage is hanging to dry, nice mild ferment smell.
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Next into the smoker starting at 130* with my PID.

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Had someone post a site showing how to make sausage. Said here this site may help you...BAAAAAHAHAHAHA. Ok

I dont probe my sausage. The probe in there is just for temp from my PID
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I'm still learning. Cant let all these young whipper snappers get the jump on me.

Mix the bacto with cold distilled water and add last just before stuffing. Mix well. The spray bottle works great.
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Grinder at the ready.
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Here it is.
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Now slightly crush the mustard seed, fold in the meat.
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Use diff spray bottles for each of the cure, SE and bacto.
Here im spraying in the cure 1. This way gives full coverage onto the ground meat, mix in gently and repeat. Do this with the SE and bacto.
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Yes your mix will turn brown once the cure is added. Normal. The SE will activate during fermenting.
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Now stuffing into 2" fibrous. I tie the ends, hog rings slip.
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Ok now way outta the norm for my fermentation. Place in a tub.
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Now cover the chubs with clear wrap real good. Dont forget to add the small patty to the container you wrapped so you can check the Ph.
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Now cover the chubs.
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Ferment for 24 hours around 80-89* with the lid on. The temp and humidity will be perfect.
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After fermenting you can smoke as normal.

BBL

To be clear you use cure#1
 
OK, I'm a bit confused here. I will admit not a ton of experience making sausages, but I thought #1 cure still required some refrigerator time. You're saying you place in a tub for 24 hours at 80*+, is that correct? Then cooking? I'm intrigued to try this, as I love a bit of a fermented flavor.
 
SFLsmkr1,
This is one nice shot of sliced SS! Looks great! Like!
Questions for you, if you don't mind: from one of your picks it looks like you used 5mm plate to grind you meat... Am I correct?
Also, did you just wrapped you chubs in plastic and placed them in the plastic box with the lid on for fermentation? If so, this is very interesting... No dedicated fermentation chamber needed... What was the final PH?
 
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