MARATHON COOKING DAY TODAY!

[SmokinAl]

Well Judy & I decided to catch up on some of the things that we were out of today.

So the plan is to make Mexican chorizo, hot Italian sausage, & Andouille, along with some strawberry jam & french bread rolls.

I picked up a 10 1/2 lb. butt, and when I got the bone out & cut it up I ended up with 9 lbs. of meat.

I ran it through the grinder with the coarse plate, then divided it up. 2 1/2 lbs. for chorizo, 2 1/2 lbs. for Andouille, 4 lbs. for Hot Italian sausage.

I used to mix my own spices for sausage, but lately have been using the Sausage Makers blends. We really like them.

Mixed the meat & spices & ran it thru the grinder again with the med. plate.

Stuffed all of them into 35-38 mm hog casings.

A BIG THANK YOU TO BOYKJO FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO HANDLE MY CASINGS.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/159729/how-to-handle-natural-casings

They were very easy to use.

Not many photo's today, just the end result!

These are the seasonings.

I bought a 30" roll of butcher paper a while back & when I have a project going I just double it up & cover the counter with it.

You can write notes on it & when your all done you just roll it up & everything is cleaned up.

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• SmokinAl
• Sep 30, 2016

Here's the 3 different sausages. I kept the Andouille fresh too.

I plan to give it 2 hours of smoke then put it in a fry pan to finish it off, when I use it.

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• SmokinAl
• Sep 30, 2016

Strawberry jam too!

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• SmokinAl
• Sep 30, 2016

Of course a batch of buns!

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• SmokinAl
• Sep 30, 2016

Another fun day at Judy & Al's

Al

 

[redheelerdog]

Everything looks fantastic Al, you sure have been busy.

I need to learn how to make those buns.

Nice!

 

[chef jimmyj]

Looks great. I need to find all my sausage stuff and get to making freezer stock. The local stuff is pretty bad...JJ

 

[SmokyMose]

With all this cooking lately, Al, you two are going to get fat LOL!
Never thought about fresh Andouille. Hmm...

 

[pc farmer]

Awesome Al. Winter is coming so I will be able to make sausage's again.

 

[Bearcarver]

All looks Great, Al !!

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You're going nuts down there!! You're doing more in a week than I do in a month!!!

Nice Job!!

And Judy's (Baked) Buns are always looking Great !!

Bear

 

[b-one]

Nice sausage party! Now you need some sausage buns as well!

 

[bdskelly]

What a great day!  And the time spent together resulted in some of the best looking links I have seen in some time! Point! 

Brian 

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

WOW ! Very nice work Al & Judy ! Thumbs Up That all looks awesome ! :sausage:

 

[SmokinAl]

 
Everything looks fantastic Al, you sure have been busy.

I need to learn how to make those buns.

Nice!

Thanks John!

Judy makes those buns so often now it's just automatic for her!

Al

 
Looks great. I need to find all my sausage stuff and get to making freezer stock. The local stuff is pretty bad...JJ

Thanks JJ, we let the freezer stock get low in the summer because of hurricanes.

So we were out of a lot of stuff, now the fun begins!

Al

With all this cooking lately, Al, you two are going to get fat LOL!
Never thought about fresh Andouille. Hmm...

Thanks Dan!

I have never made fresh Andouille before, but I thought I would give it a try.

A couple of hours of smoke, then brown it in a skillet for my chili recipe.

Al

Awesome Al. Winter is coming so I will be able to make sausage's again.

Thanks Adam!

Yea that's the same thing here, we really crank things up in the winter.

Al

 
All looks Great, Al !!

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You're going nuts down there!! You're doing more in a week than I do in a month!!!

Nice Job!!

And Judy's (Baked) Buns are always looking Great !!

Bear

Thanks Bear!

This is getting to be the time of year when we start smoking & cooking everything in sight!

The summer is just too hot for doing very much of that.

Al

Nice sausage party! Now you need some sausage buns as well!

Thanks B!

Actually Judy had some homemade split top buns in the freezer.

We toasted them on all 4 sides & had hot Italian sausage with peppers & onions for dinner!

Al

 
What a great day!  And the time spent together resulted in some of the best looking links I have seen in some time! Point! 

Brian 

Thanks Brian!

This is how Judy & I have fun!

Crazy huh!

Al

WOW ! Very nice work Al & Judy !

That all looks awesome !

Thank you so much Justin!

Al

 

[hardcookin]

Al as usual everything looks awesome! The sausage is making me hungry.

 

[gearjammer]

Dang, you folks have been busy.

Everything looks beautiful.

Hope you both had a great time celebrating

your anniversary, may you have many more.

 Ed

 

[driedstick]

Dang nab it Al that all looks great,,,, 

A full smoker is a happy smoker 

DS
 

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Nice day of making tasty treats!

Points!

 

[SmokinAl]

Al as usual everything looks awesome! The sausage is making me hungry.

Thanks Doug!

Al

 
Dang, you folks have been busy.

Everything looks beautiful.

Hope you both had a great time celebrating

your anniversary, may you have many more.

 Ed

Thanks a lot Ed!

I appreciate it!

Al

 
Dang nab it Al that all looks great,,,, 

A full smoker is a happy smoker 

DS
 

Thanks DS!

Al

Nice day of making tasty treats!

Points!

Thanks Buddy!

Al

 

[disco]

Lovely links, Al! Points!

Disco

 

[SmokinAl]

 
Lovely links, Al! Points!

Disco

Thanks Disco!

I appreciate it!

Al

 

[smokin jay]

Sausages look good Al! Andouille for the chili!! Mmmm

 

[betaboy]

Looks wonderful Al!

 

[aussiesmokering]

Wow big day! Those sausages look delicious Al, I'm making and smoking my first batch of Italian pork sausages tomorrow along with a rack of pork ribs, I hooe mine turn out half as good as yours look.