First polish sausage

[gator1]

Made my first batch of smoked polish sausage.  Think I'm going to stick with using weight as a unit of measure for my garlic.  Turned out being garlic sausage, so much for eyeballing.  Tasted pretty darn good though.  Used hog casings for the first time as well.  Up till now I used collagen.  Wow, so much easier to link.  Well worth the learning curve for getting the stuff on the tube.

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• gator1
• Feb 2, 2013

 

[kathrynn]

 looking good!!!!!!

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Looks good!


~Martin

 

[woodcutter]

Sausage looks good! Did you use pork?

 

[gator1]

Used a pork butt. Giant had them for 99 cents per pound. Think I'm going to increase the smoke but cut the garlic down to about 3/4 of a clove. Did about 1 and a quarter on this 5 pound batch and its a bit strong.

 

[woodcutter]

Used a pork butt. Giant had them for 99 cents per pound. Think I'm going to increase the smoke but cut the garlic down to about 3/4 of a clove. Did about 1 and a quarter on this 5 pound batch and its a bit strong.

It will mellow a little in a day or 2.

 

[boykjo]

Congrats on a successful sausage process... It looks great

 

[shannon127]

The texture looks spot on.  How long did you smoke it? 

 

[gator1]

Used a pork butt. Giant had them for 99 cents per pound. Think I'm going to increase the smoke but cut the garlic down to about 3/4 of a clove. Did about 1 and a quarter on this 5 pound batch and its a bit strong.

 

[chef willie]

Looks real good.....nice score on the butt price....keep at it

 

[gator1]

Had it in the smoker for 3 hours then finished it in 170 degree water. Jumped from 130 to 155 in 10 minutes once I put it in the hot water. Had a check of a time keeping the smoker where I wanted it last night. Maryland decided it was a northern state again, 15 degrees last night. It was 72 here just two days ago.

 

[venture]

3/4 of a clove?  Or 3/4 of a head?  On the garlic?

We love garlic!

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[wes w]

I was wondering the same Merv.   Almost had to be 3/4 of a bulb to be strong.

Very nice looking links.   I want to do links!    I have so much to learn

 

[big dee]

Looks good!!!!!

 

[gator1]

Had over 1 1/4 of a bulb in 5 pounds of pork. keep looking a it and keep thinking, can't be enough. Thinking 3/4 of a bulb would be a bit better.

 

[lu1847]

Looks like you did a great job on the Polish. I agree with you on the natural casings, well worth the learning curve of tubing. I don't think I'll ever go back to collagen. The naturals are a lot stronger than one would think aren't they? Great job!

 

[smoking b]

Nice looking sausages!  I agree the texture looks great - Well done 

 

[roller]

Sausage looks great. Why only a 3 hr. smoke ?

 

[driedstick]

Looks good wish they would put butts on sale around here nice score