First attempt at pickling sausages

[walking dude]

the tbl of fresh red pepper flakes, plus the addition of the hungarian hox wax peppers added PLENTY of heat............

 

[desertlites]

those DO sound & look real good Steve-gonna have to try them.lil smokies sound good.

 

[chef_boy812]

Those look great!!!
I know I will make them.
Hey in your picture, the brine looks thick, did the sausage make it into a jello? That would be cool to use for something, not sure on what yet, but we should work on that.

Points for making the talking into doing!

 

[walking dude]

naw........ not thick AT all..........like i said, should of thinned the vinegar.......it was a bit tart......but thick.......not a bit..........perfect in fact.......no diff from pickled peppers you buy in a store........

 

[daboys]

Whats wrong with Oly? Drank a ton of that stuff in High School. It's the water......and a lot more......water. Anyway, so this will make 4 pints? The wife loves summer sausage. Wonder how that would work? The little smokies sounds pretty good too. Just need to get some jars and I'm set.

 

[walking dude]

sorry, but ole isn't much better than coors......LOLOL....yeah, its the water.......bout it.......water........LMAO

yeah, 2 quarts=4 pints........but with using pints, i would go with lil smokies............won't take much to fill a pint with larger dia. sausages........

 

[daboys]

Lil smokies it will be then. Shoulda done this today. Haven't done anything but watch football.

 

[walking dude]

cut the recipe in half, in case you need to make some changes, if you are doing pints..........but really, give the larger sausages a chance......you wife has..........BWAYHAHAHAHAHAHAHA........i am SO bad.........

 

[nowake]

Sounds great. I usually do a couple 1 gallon jar batches 2 or 3 times a year. Slightly different recipe. I usually make 1 batch with Jalapenos and one batch with Jalapenos and habaneros for some extra heat.

When I poor in the mixture and don't have enough to completely cover the sausages I just add a little bit of water. So far they've all turned out great.

 

[walking dude]

getting ready to do these again...........so doc, did you do any mods to the recipe?????????

 

[pops6927]

Been saving up mayo jars for the very same thing; got 4 already. I've done pickled sausages since forever, from the time I tasted my 1st one at Bob's Restaurant on my 18th birthday (old enough to drink back then!) and did up a batch as soon as the hangover went away and I could actually look at food.
I don't put the veggies in with the sausages, just a couple strips of peppers for color. I pickle up veggies separate; cabbage, onion, peppers (hot and sweet), baby carrots and corn all tossed into jars with the same pickling sauce. Basically like your's; ½ water, ½ white vinegar, pickling spices, whole garlic cloves, salt, pepper, a 'touch' of red pepper flakes and oregano and a bit of sugar. Let pickle for 2 weeks before I eat them, and try to make them last for 2 more weeks or so (but it's sooo hard to resist every night I get home from work not to have a couple!). A couple sausages, a fork or two - full of veggies, a cold one or three... yummm..!

 

[dosry]

Just tell me that pub wasn't the Front Row???