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[emmons4me]

I have already written intro but it must not have got to the right place

so here goes again. 

I am glad I found this forum. I am a retired meat cutter/ sausage maker. We slaughtered our own hogs(40 head on Monday & 40 head on Thursday). We made 20 kinds of sausages, fresh and smoked, 6 kinds of fresh links and bulk. We smoked our own bacon and made our own salt meat. We also smoked all of our picnics, neck bones and made one of the finest ham hock you have ever seen, we also smoked our jowls and cooked out all of our cracklings and skins. We made bone-in and boneless hams plus one we called our nugget-ham(when sliced just right to fit on a cat head biscuit) and last of all the best is saved for last, SOUSE or Hog Head Cheese, what ever you want to call it. We had a fresh meat case and sold any kind of pork you could want except for the ears, tongue, lips and skins which went into the Souse(about 1,000 to 1,500 lbs every day).

       We made quite a lot of Jerky and BBQ'd a lot of brisket, butt's and ribs, and during the holidays we could not smoke enough smoked Turkeys, Turkey Breast & Bnls. Turkey Breast along with Summer Sausage, Bologna and Snack Sticks.

       We also did custom slaughter for all the farmers and processed 1,500 to 2,000 deer each hunting season) from 10 states including  Alaska & Canada hunters from the USA.

       If I can help I will be glad to pitch in. I will be dropping in from time to time.

Happy Smoking, from emmons4me

 

[sky monkey]

There used to be an Emmon's Meat Market near Corvallis, OR that had the best damn jerky I've ever wrapped my lips around, wouldn't happen to be the same family would it?

Glad to have you sir, I could certainly use more wisdom!

 

[emmons4me]

No Sir my Last name is Arnold, I'm 3rd generation of meat smokers in my family and my father-in-law did it also. My fathers name and my father-in-laws name was George so I guess I got a dbl. dip in smoking meat, he used to slice slabs of bacon with a knife and sale 5gal bucket's of bacon or sausage patties packed in lard to make ends meet. I had a slaughter plant in Alabama and a smoked meat plant in Florida and we made all the jerky we could sale. I use Emmons as my user name because I play pedal steel guitar and Emmons is the name of the brand of steel I played at one time, I play country and southern gospel. Thanks for hollowing back. I look forward to dropping in on the forum from time to time.............

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome aboard!

Glad to have you join us!

Al

 

[emmons4me]

Thanks Al, I have picked up some good receipts in a short time. emmons4me

 

[sauced]

Welcome to the forum!!

 

[emmons4me]

Thanks SAUCED !!!!!!!