venison summer sausage

[buffalogranny]

I have a quick question. Why do people use pork fat for making summer sausage or salami? I've made quite a lot of venison or elk sausage over the last 30 yrs. and all I"ve used is beef tallow and it comes out moist and not greasy. just wondering. This is my first post, so if things are'nt right, sorry.                                                               

 

[shoneyboy]

I have a quick question. Why do people use pork fat for making summer sausage or salami? I've made quite a lot of venison or elk sausage over the last 30 yrs. and all I"ve used is beef tallow and it comes out moist and not greasy. just wondering. This is my first post, so if things are'nt right, sorry.                                                               

They use pork for the fat content, it's cheap and you are using it as a filler so you can stretch your wild game to get more flavor with in a larger amount of meat...Does that make sense  ????

 

[roller]

Pork has more flavor than beef...

 

[buffalogranny]

yeah ,that makes sense.thanks for the reply.

 

[cooknhogz]

I use to use 8 lbs venison and 2 lbs 80/20 burger. Now, I use 8lbs venison and 2 lbs ground pork butt. Cheaper and cant really tell the difference in taste.

 

[so ms smoker]

  A couple years ago I went to my local meat market and asked for pork fat.  They said all sold out. Can't keep it. (Hunting season)  But they gave me beef fat for FREE!  So that is what I used. Have since decided to just use ground pork butt.

  ike

 

[scarbelly]

You can't find pork fat here. I even went to a butcher (large shop) and because he makes sausage he won't sell it. I have to save my trimmings