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    Difference between Venison and Lamb Summer Sausage

    I'm about to find out how lamb will turn out in jerky and summer sausage. I butchered 4 100# lambs for a friend and will be cutting, grinding, and wrapping tomorrow. We raised about 100 lambs a year when we were in the business and did all our own buthcering, and Bob was one of the farmers I...
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    Difference between Venison and Lamb Summer Sausage

    My 110 volt hot plate has a hard time holding the temp. at 175 degrees. If I had 220v at the barn, I could do it. You just gave me another idea, I have an old food warmer that I may be able to turn into a chicken and pig roaster, by adding a smoke stack and a fire pit in the bottom.
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    What is Andouille?

    As soon as I make the Andouille Sausage, I have to try your TASSO, ANDOUILLE & SHRIMP JAMBALAYA Recipe. Sure Sounds Good Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/2 cup finely chopped celery 10 oz. Savoie's174 pork tasso, thinly sliced 1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste 4 cups water, in all 1 lb...
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    What is Andouille?

    Thanks Guys Some great information, Now I have to make some. I bought a DVD called Ultimate Survival with 150 different old books and it has an sausage recipe book it called (Meat Curing and Sausage and Making 1922 )...
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    What is Andouille?

    I received this quote from another group and I asked what (Andouille) is but haven't received an answer.  Can anyone tell me? "I do lots of sausage making myself and use a propane Rocky Mountain smoker. My favorite sausage to make is andouille with bratwurst making a close second."
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    Freezers make great Cooler and Smokers

    Here in Ohio we have a rural Newspaper called the Farm and Dairy they list all auctions.  I watch for restarant and school auctions.
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    Freezers make great Cooler and Smokers

    I found an old Freezer that they said wouldn't keep anything frozen.  That was exactly what I wanted for a cooler I took it home placed it in the garage.  Ordered a (Freezer Tamer)  it is a controller that plugs into a receptacle and you plug the freezer into it. Then insert it's temperature...
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    Pauline's Stuffed Hot Peppers (Mouth Of Seneca W. Va.)

    Ingredients: 50 hot peppers 6 cloves of garlic 6 tsp. salt 6 tsp. vegtable oil 2 quarts sourkraut Hot syrup 6 cups of water 6 cups vinegar 3 cups sugar  Instructions: 1-   Clean peppers don't forget to wear rubber gloves                                                 2-  Boil...
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    Celery Powder used as a cure?

    Dave,   Thank You,    This is a great article and has answered concerns I have had about Nitrates, and Nitrites for many years.   We always butchered our own beef and pigs when I was growing up at Home,  we didn't cure we just wraped and froze.   I got interested in curing meat...
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    Web Debray meat Cooler.jpg

  14. My Farm from hoof to smoker

    My Farm from hoof to smoker

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    Remote temp probes

    SK, If you want a single thermometer. I use this one when I am doing the final sausage rise in temp after smoking in the oven. http://www.sausagemaker.com/49715pocketsizedigitalthermometer.aspx
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    Celery Powder used as a cure?

    Thanks Guys, I guess I will stick to my Inst-Cure1 I'll let you know how the lamb summer sausage comes out. The temperture here in Ohio is dropping so we should be able to butcher the lambs in the next couple weeks.   I will let them hang for a week and then we will cut, grind, stuff and...
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    Celery Powder used as a cure?

    I am getting ready to smoke some Lamb Summer Sausage and I found Celery Juice Powder when looking for cure. Has anybody been using it or should I stick to the Inst-Cure 1 I have been using? Information on product: Celery Juice Powder contains naturally occuring nitrites and nitrates (which...
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    Remote temp probes

    Humdinger, I mounted this set of thermometers on my smoker. They have about 3' of wire with the probe on the end.  One I use to check the temp. in the smoker and the other one I insert into the sausage or whatever I am smoking so I know what intenal temp. of the meat is...
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    Lamb Summer Sausage

    This past weekend  I cleaned all the venison out of my freezer to get ready for a new batch. I seasoned, stuffed and smoked about 10# pounds and took some to work today.  One of the guys I work with has 3 lambs he wants me to butcher if I can make him some lamb summer sausage. What do I need...
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    Difference between Venison and Lamb Summer Sausage

    This past weekend  I cleaned all the venison out of my frezzer to get ready for a new batch. I seasoned, stuffed and smoked about 10# pounds and took some to work today.  On of the guys I work with has 3 lambs he wants me to butcher if I can make him some summer sausage. What do I need to do...
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