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Great looking sausage. I've used the sausagemakers premix for Italian and think it's great. We served some at my son's B Day party once and everyone thought it was the best they ever tasted. It may be different from the recipe in the book because it wasn't weak on flavor for sure but I also add...
I just finished my first so my knowledge is limited to what I read here but I didn't open the bags for a week. Flipped and massaged each day and left whatever brine was created. I was more than happy with the end results.
I'd enjoy seeing pics of your smoker sometime. I just made my first bacon this past weekend, never had any idea how to do it or even that it could be done. I used a tablespoon of Tenderquick per pound of belly and a teaspoon of maple sugar per pound (didn't really taste any maple in the finished...
I had no idea that it was even possible to make bacon at home but I learned it here on the forum. I think I read every thread concerning belly bacon before even asking my local butcher to get me a belly. One ten pound belly for my first attempt. I cut it in half and drycured it with Tenderquick...
I prefer hog casings over collagen for most sausage, Kielbasa included. I haven't been able to beat the recipe for Kielbasa in Rytek's book although I do always kick the garlic up in it.
I've only used collagen here too and I've only used pre-mixes from Sausagemaker and High Mountain. I don't see a reason you couldn't use a favorite summer sausage mix, I've done summer sausage in pepporoni casings because they fit nice on a cracker
High Mountain sells 19mm collagen casings a...
I'm not quite sure where the best place for this is . I can get this smoker locally off Craiglist for $100 and was hoping I could get some opinions on whether it's worth it or not. The gentleman says it's around 3 years old.