ugh. and jeez. maybe even jinkies. bought a whole cow... now i have 160+ lbs of ground beef, so, i went down the sausage rabbit hole since i don't use much ground beef. bought a stuffer on amazon (hakka - highly recommend). picked up bratwurst seasoning from amazon. last weekend cased up some natural hog casings and some collagen casings. ill need some practice at that, let me tell you... but had a couple patties' worth left over, and fried those up today. absolutely blew my mind how great the taste was. wish i bought the bigger stuffer (and, might).
seriously, this was a body builder cow - i'm going to have to add fat to the ground beef for sausage - those patties i cooked up didn't leave any fat in the pan at all. but super pleased about my first attempt at sausage - not crumbly or dry, but also not super juicy. room for improvement ;)
seriously, this was a body builder cow - i'm going to have to add fat to the ground beef for sausage - those patties i cooked up didn't leave any fat in the pan at all. but super pleased about my first attempt at sausage - not crumbly or dry, but also not super juicy. room for improvement ;)