Well I finally got around to playing with homemade brats today, I used a kit from Sausage Source that came with 4 different seasoning packs that each will do 5lbs of meat. The kit also included casings as well and was a decent price if you don't figure in shipping !
We tried the plain ole brat pack to start with. Never having messed with casings before I found them to be a bit of a challenge. Once we figured out how to handle getting the cases on the horn, we worked out the bugs in twisting and filling. The first 2 casings were great but the 3rd had a hole midway down it, so we cut it and made 2 cases out of it. On the 3rd we also were reaching the end of our brat mixture, since we already made a kid size brat when we ran out of casing earlier this time we made a huge jumbo brat to use up the meat left over in the grinder/stuffer.
Enjoy the view!
ready for the smoker
on the smoker
on my plate and ready for some mustard!
We tried the plain ole brat pack to start with. Never having messed with casings before I found them to be a bit of a challenge. Once we figured out how to handle getting the cases on the horn, we worked out the bugs in twisting and filling. The first 2 casings were great but the 3rd had a hole midway down it, so we cut it and made 2 cases out of it. On the 3rd we also were reaching the end of our brat mixture, since we already made a kid size brat when we ran out of casing earlier this time we made a huge jumbo brat to use up the meat left over in the grinder/stuffer.
Enjoy the view!
ready for the smoker
on the smoker
on my plate and ready for some mustard!