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    Boned, Rolled & Trussed Thanxgiving Turkey

    I like doing turkeys this way when I have the time as it makes for a more relaxing Turkey Day for the chef as most of the work in done a day or 2 beforehand. Also I think you make the best use possible of all of the bones for stock. The bigger the bird the easier this is to do. I start with a...
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    Belly Bacon

    Been feeling a little under the weather the last few days so I'm just getting around to posting these. I did a wet cure with molasses, brown sugar, sallt pepper and paprika. Cured for about a week. Here are the slabs ready for the smoker. I let them dry in the smoker at about 100o with no...
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    Homemade V8 Juice

    24(1 peck) fresh tomatoes, blanched, peeled, seeded, and crushed 6 carrots diced 6 stalks celery diced 1 large onion diced 1/2 head cabbage shredded 1/2 head lettuce shredded 1 bunch parsley chopped 6 clove garlic crushed 3 jap peppers chopped 3 tbsp horse radish grated 3 tbsp...
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    Osso Bucco

    This dish is typically done with veal shanks but since I was the recipient of about 30lbs of fresh pork hocks a while back I used some of those. I'm in the process of curing about 12lb of hocks to smoke so I decide to use a few fresh for this. I dredged them in seasoned flour and browned them...
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    Mther's Day Chicken Coq Au Vin

    Not a smoked dish but I suppose you could smoke the chicken pieces first if you wanted to give it a try. But this was for my mom and Cathy for Mothers Day dinner. I cut the bird into 10 pieces by cutting the breast pieces in half. I then browned 1/2 lb of bacon(mine of course) pieces in my...
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    Smoked Pork Hocks

    Someone a buddy of mine knows took some pigs into the meat packer for butchering and this guy has no use for the hocks. So I was lucky enough to be the recipient of 30lbs of fresh hocks all individually vac packed. They are really nice and meaty looking. Looks like they included the shank and...
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    Sunday Breakfast

    Just a shot of this morning breakfast. Nothing elaborate but sure looked & tasted good so I thought I'd share it. A potato and cheese stuffed fattie and some corn pancakes on the side with butter and honey. Hope you had a good one too! Lou
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    German Mettwurst

    With Fall in the air a good hearty flavorful sausage sounds good and it is Oktoberfest time! Recipe I used was as follows 6 lbs pork butt 4 lbs beef chuck 1T ground nutmeg 1T CBP 1T ground celery 1T ground allspice 1t ground marjoram 1t ground caraway seed 1T ground coriander 3T powdered...
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    Pepperoni Snack Stix

    With hunting season here I need to re-stock my snack stix supply. So this past weekend I did about 8 lbs worth and used the recipe out of Rytek Kutas - Great Sausage Recipes and Meat curing for cooked Pepperoni. I used beef chuck and pork butt about 50/50 and stuffed into sheep casing. I let...
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    Slab Happy!

    Labor Day weekend I got about a 40lb case of fresh skinned bellies(3). I trimmed them up and squared em off and into the freezer save one 5lb piece. This one I want to try a few things in combination that have worked well in the past. So this was wet cured and then giving a very light coating of...
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    Chipotle Corn Salad

    This is a nice little side dish good for bringing to a summer picnic pot luck. 1 bag frozen corn 1 cup diced red onion 2 ea diced green onion 1 diced red pepper 3 ea diced fresh jap pepper(seeds and veins removed 1 cup mayo 1 cup ranch dressing 1/2 cup sour cream 2 cups grated Colby jack cheese...
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    4th of July Hot Dawgs!

    The wife went down with severe back pain and is now on percs and muscle relaxers so what to do this holiday weekend?????? What could me more American and patriotic that making some hot dogs! I've wanted to try this for a while anyway. Pulled 3.5 lbs of country style ribs and a 3 lb chuckie out...
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    Red X

    What is the red x for in all the threads in the Acitve Thread forum? Like there is supposed to be a pic there or something
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    Chipotle Beer Salami

    Using a variation of Rytek Kutas recipe for for cooked salami I replaced the water with cream stout beer and added some paprika and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Recipe for the 12 lb batch is 6lb beef chuck/cubed 6lbs pork butt/cubed 6 Tbls Tender quick curing salt 8 cloves of garlic 2 Tbls...
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    Pintos & Sausage Hoppin John

    I had some smoked kielbasa, andouille to use up so I thought a nice little pot of Hoppin John was in order. Soaked the pintos over night then simmered in chicken stock for about 4 hours with some oregano, parsley, basil & Thyme. Sauteed some japs, yellow and orange bell peppers, onion...
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    Early Easter Ham

    I bought an 11 lb fresh picnic @ $.69 per Lb about 3 weeks ago for our Easter dinner and our plans changed. We are now going to Mario's in Detroit with friends and family for Easter dinner but I didn't let that stop me. We'll just eat it this weekend. I used Morton Tenderquick wet cure recipe of...
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    Cornbread Stuffed Pork Loin w/ Pecan Crust

    We had some friends visit a couple of weekends ago and want to do something different. I roll cut a whole pork loin and stuffed with a cornbread stuffing that consisted of Roasted corn(or you could smoke) Scallions Sage egg chicken stock Mixed it up stiff so it would hold up in the loin...
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    Super Sunday Bear Ribs!

    My bud got a bear last year in da UP and saved the rib cage. We've been wanting to smoke them for a while and just couldn't seem to hook up. So when he invited us over for a Super Bowl party we decided it was the perfect time to try it out. If they didn't turn out any good there would still be...
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    Chicken, Feta & Spinach Sausage

    First off the basic recipe. Chicken, Feta, & Spinach Sausage Yields 5 lbs of sausage. I usually do a double batch. 3 lbs raw thigh meat(cleaned)cut into 1 in. cubes. 1 lb raw breast meat cut into 1 in. cubes. 8 oz crumbled feta cheese. 4 cloves garlic minced/crushed. 1 T oregano. 2 t basil...
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    Bear Bones

    Buddy of mine got a bear up nort in da UP a couple of weeks ago. He wants me to smoke the ribs for him so I thought I'd ask for some suggestion on it. Bear from my recollection is pretty fatty so I'm thinking doing the ribs as I would porkers would do the trick. Any other thoughts or advice?
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