Sausage season

[Steiny77]

Just did 42 lbs of summer sausage. Half jalapeno and cheese, half standard hunter mix.

 

[Jamen]

I heard the same. Sent my mom who has costco.membership. told her no they use all trimmings. Ymmv

could depend on which costco? i am not sure i had trimmings for this year from ribeyes i cut so i didnt ask.

 

[Alpine01]

25lb of bratwurst done using the bearded butcher kit. God I forgot how much I hate collagen casings for bratwurst. Give me natural hog casings any day of the week. Will see how they taste come dinner tonight. Gonna grind 25lb of summer sausage tomorrow and let it ferment a couple days and smoke it this weekend.View attachment 355858

And ....? How did they taste?

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Dsnow9, whatever you do, don’t waste your time on that grinder mounted piece of garbage. The stuffing is arguably the most important part of making sausage and the grinder mounted unit will frustrate and let you down. And by that time you will have already invested considerable time and money.

The Hakka stuffers on Amazon are truly amazing for the money. They are way over built and far superior to most of the branded stuff that YouTube bros sell. In fact, you go back and watch the YouTube bros before the Meat! and Weston endorsements, and they all used Hakka.

All metal construction and heavy enough and well designed enough to stuff on your own. I’ve put 50lb through mine this fall/winter and every time I get it out I admit it’s worth twice what I paid for it.

I'll double the praise of hakka stuffers.

Love mine. Get a big one, give pain constantly refilling the hopper

 

[Nick87]

could depend on which costco? i am not sure i had trimmings for this year from ribeyes i cut so i didnt ask.

That was my thoughts as well. Chances are people are a little more accommodating in your part of the world.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

That was my thoughts as well. Chances are people are a little more accommodating in your part of the world.

What I found when asking butchers for scrap fat. If they had any they would change the current going rate for ground beef for the fat.


Now I'm extremely lucky and my neighbor smokes meat on the side and gives me all the brisket trim I could want in exchange for whatever goods I have in the freezer at that time

 

[WildWill]

And ....? How did they taste?

Solid recipe nothing special though. I'll be going back to my Hank Shaw recipe and natural casings.

 

[noharleyyet]

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