I want to start making sausages and in particular snack sticks so I thought a nice easy way would be to start with kits, get the feel for it and go from there. I have the Hi Mountain snack stick kits and made a small 2lb batch, followed the directions to a T, and then came the stuffing. It took 10 minutes to mix all the ingredients and over an hour to stuff 2 lbs of meat...there HAS to be a better way. I have had the stand mixer for years and it's awesome for bread making, icing and cakes etc., I've had the grinder/stuffer combo for years but never used it until today. The meat mixture turned out fine, I think, it set up as it was mixing for 5 minutes, I thought it was a good consistency but when I tried stuffing it into the hole of the mixer it kept getting stuck on the plunger and pulling back out of the hopper, tried using a spoon and that didn't work any better, it just took forever (1.5 hours) to make 6 links about 15" long. I was using the 21mm tube which matched the collagen cases that came in the kit.
Any suggestions on how to make this work properly? I thought it might take 10 minutes to stuff 2 lbs, not 1.5 hours.
Any guidance would be great. I am also open to other stuffing options or suggestions.
Thanks
Any suggestions on how to make this work properly? I thought it might take 10 minutes to stuff 2 lbs, not 1.5 hours.
Any guidance would be great. I am also open to other stuffing options or suggestions.
Thanks
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