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    Snack sticks in refrigerator

    I've gone 5 days before . Hog casings , in a plastic bag so they don't dry out .
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    Can you use soda in a wet brine????

    Used it to take out small scratches in windshields when I worked as a mechanic .
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    Do briskets cook faster in a smaller smoker?

    Less smoker to absorb heat .
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    Busy Bread Baking Night

    Looks great . I've been waiting for the commercial deck oven post .
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    First attempt making sausage

    He's not gonna have time to take a drink .
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    ENABLER ALERT - Cuisinart Elite Food Processor

    Great price on that . I have the 14 cup Cuisinart . Different style , single bowl . Love that thing . Use it all the time .
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    Fresh Milled White SD

    Nice .
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    Non fat dried milk

    First time I used the starch , I used the recommended amount by weight , and ended up with not good results . Same thing , bad texture . That's why I only add what it needs to come together with any of it . In my experience it takes very little potato starch to get a good bind . I do 2 1/2...
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    Perhaps off topic but hunters are dying from eating meat taken from deer with CHD

    As much as I like Deer hunting , the is it worth it side of me decided ,,, that it wasn't worth it . Last deer I shot was stumbling through the woods . Flipping his head up and down . I thought he had been shot so I finished him off . Never found any bullet but mine . I took the head to have...
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    Featured 1st Lockhart-style sausage

    Oh yeah . You nailed it .
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    Should I smoke a while Chicken?

    I do mine whole .
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    Non fat dried milk

    Exactly . Never was an issue or conversation until lately . Doesn't need to be anymore complicated than you want it to be . I used the high heat stuff to mix up a quart of milk for my sausage gravy last Sunday . One can't replace the other is someone's opinion .
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    Non fat dried milk

    I completely disagreed with that video the first time I saw it , and still do . It goes bad , so be careful that doesn't catch up to you , like it did me . The real old stuff won't have a date , the newer stuff will be marked . If it's expired toss it . Might still be OK , until it isn't . Took...
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    My New Venture Awaits

    Some of that is from habitat clearing . We saw a few down at the farm I deer hunted at . Went to a seminar at the COOP put on by Mo. Conservation . We did about 30 feet of fence row thicket , and in 2 years had a nice covey . Damn Coyotes are so thick though .
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    Dumb question

    That's what you want . Ace has a great outdoor cooking section . That's probably B&B brand . I'm stocked up on it . Grab a bag of mesquite if they have it .
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