MEAT SALE!!!

[indaswamp]

YES!
Local grocer (best meat dept. in town) is having their quarterly one day meat sale Thursday. I expect Boston butt to go on sale for $0.89~0.99/lb. I'll be buying 60lbs. for making venison sausage and 20lbs. for tasso. Cousin will be picking up 40#, buddy will pick up 40#, and another guy will be buying ~60#. We will be processing roughly 250# of venison in 2 weeks, 7 deer.
I'll post up pics. of processing day. Will be making breakfast sausage, cased fresh sausage, 50/50 ground meat, 100% venison chili meat, and if I can find a way to chill the fat cold enough @ the firehouse-100~120lbs. of smoke sausage. I think I'll need to bring a freezer there to the firehouse....

 

[indaswamp]

...and if pork loin is on sale, I'll pick up some of it too...I'm out of CB and need to make more. I missed the last sale on pork loin and had to postpone making CB.

 

[pc farmer]

Nice. Sounds like some great meat will be made.Wish I had all that venison.

 

[indaswamp]

I have access to a public safety building next to the local firehouse. Big kitchen and LOTS of counter space. Only problem is the big freezer went out about 2 years ago and has not been replaced yet so I'll need to improvise. I think if I buy the fat frozen from the butcher I can cut it up and grind it while it is still cold, then mix with the meat....

Once it is ground, the large 2 door refrigerator will keep it cold enough. Think I can make it work.

 

[Rings Я Us]

I had just been at the store 3 hours ago. Pork butt .99¢ lb. Just didn't pull the trigger.

 

[myownidaho]

I wish I had been able to use the kitchen in my firehouse for processing quantities of meat. There would have been a lot more smoking and sausage making going on.

We’ll need copious pics, of course.

 

[indaswamp]

We’ll need copious pics, of course.

But of course! I always try to pose lots of pics.! What's the wurst that can happen????

 

[ab canuck]

Drool...... Ill be waiting and watching for this to happen.....

 

[indaswamp]

Nice. Sounds like some great meat will be made.Wish I had all that venison.

Thanks farmer. We had a great season on deer. Freezers are almost full....will be after processing.

 

[indaswamp]

Drool...... Ill be waiting and watching for this to happen.....

Looking @ the 17th~18th for processing.....stay tuned, pics to come.

 

[SmokinAl]

Butts are on sale here for $1.99, OUCH!
Al

 

[indaswamp]

Ouch indeed Al! Regular price here lately is running $1.59~1.79/lb.

Well I headed to the grocer bright and early to pick up the pork. Got home and started breaking them down trimming the fat cap off 3 butts, removing the bone (in the freezer for boudin stock), then cut slabs for tasso.

Ended up with 24# of tasso meat. It is in bags curing for 7 hours then it'll hit the smoker.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/tasso-time.272388/

 

[Tallbald]

WOW! I can't imagine that much meat and processing. I look forward to photos. Don.

 

[indaswamp]

Pork Butt went on sale at another grocer this week for $0.98/lb.
Might have to pick up more pork!

 

[indaswamp]

Processing day has been set, Mardi Gras day next Tuesday. I'll be taking lots of pics.....

 

[indaswamp]

Picked up 42# of scrap boston butt fat caps from my butcher today. It is frozen solid. I had him run it on his band saw to cut it into 1" thick slabs. It's in an ice chest now. I'm going to run it through the grinder with the kidney plate then portion it out based on the batches we will be doing. Will be much easier to handle and keep cold this way...

 

[indaswamp]

Done. Got the fat all coarse ground and bagged/tagged. Need to pick up some NFDM powder and start soaking casings for tuesday.

 

[indaswamp]

Tomorrow is the day!!
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/venison-processing-day.272745/#post-1798786

 

[indaswamp]

Pics posted..Total of 456lbs. of meat processed. Gonna take 2 days of smoking to get it done; Friday and Saturday.

BTW, I had to pick up some more cure this morning and went to my local butcher shop to get it; $2/lb. for cure #1. Can't beat that with a stick!:)