Venison Summer Sausage

[R Blum]

Just finished making venison summer sausage using mostly backstrap with some pork fat. I know, why waste good backstrap for summer sausage. Around where I live deer are a real nuisance. The farmers are happy to get rid of them. Into the smoker and then after reaching temperature I put into the snow. Sausage turned out tasting Great. My casing are always like this. How do I keep my casing tight? Hope you like the pictures.

 

[ronf]

Excellent! I'm too new to making sausage to comment on what to do about the casings, but I'm sure the journeymen will chime in.

 

[SmokinAl]

Man that's some good looking sausage!
Nice job!
Al

 

[tallbm]

Just finished making venison summer sausage using mostly backstrap with some pork fat. I know, why waste good backstrap for summer sausage. Around where I live deer are a real nuisance. The farmers are happy to get rid of them. Into the smoker and then after reaching temperature I put into the snow. Sausage turned out tasting Great. My casing are always like this. How do I keep my casing tight? Hope you like the pictures.

Hi there and welcome!

I didn't see an issue with the casing. Best I can say is immediately cool them down but it looks like you did that in the snow.

As for Backstrap used that way, I hear ya. I process all the deer we shoot almost all by myself and one year I just decided quickly clean the skin off and grind the backstraps and HOLY CRAP does it make amazing pure grind! I never had a second thought about it since :)

I bet that backstrap summer sausage is amazing!

 

[R Blum]

Thanks all. Yes it tasted Great. My father in law loved it and he is very hard to please, so I must have done something right.

 

[pc farmer]

Casings look fine to me too. What do you think is wrong with them??

 

[R Blum]

I guess they looked wrinkled to me but I guess they aren't that bad.

 

[pc farmer]

I guess they looked wrinkled to me but I guess they aren't that bad.

Wrinkles give character.

 

[pc farmer]