Summer Sausage Binder Question

[Braz]

A hard drive crash a few months ago destroyed my recipe file, including my Summer Sausage/Beef Stick recipe.

I am getting ready to make a batch using Sausage Maker's beef summer sausage mix with some added spices. The meat will be 75/25 store bought ground beef. This will NOT be a fermented dry sausage. I will add ECA for the "tang." I can't remember if I used a binder in my old recipe or not. I do have NFDM on hand if I need it. The mix does contain dextrose but I don't know if that acts as a binder or not. Do I need to add NFDM or not?

TIA

 

[chopsaw]

I use it in mine . What do the instruction TSM mix say ?

 

[boykjo]

Bummer.........

Dextrose is not a binder and be careful adding to pre mixes. The pre mix should already have a binder in it. Use pre mixes as directed.

My 2 cents

Boykjo

 

[boykjo]

Oh... and here's a keeper

Boykjo's Summer Sausage

My original post to this thread was lost/deleted when the new forum format changed. I'm editing it and bringing it back. Boykjo's summer sausage Steps 1. Add 5 lbs "FRESH" lean ground hamburger ( I used 90/10 LGB) 2. Add 3.5 tsp Mortons tender quick 3. Add 2 1/2 tsp garlic salt 4 .Add 2...

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Boykjo

 

[Winterrider]

If this is what your using, I have never added binder. Have used this numerous times.

 

[Braz]

Thanks guys. No added binder it is.