Summer sausage, from the beginning. VERY pic heavy.

[Passthrough]

Excellent write up!!

[SCREAMINREELS]

Oh man I'm jealous of that grinder...nice job and a cool set up ours does the job well but that big boy looks like something you'd find at the butcher shop

[tkuehn5410]

Thanks for a really detailed write up. I've done summer sausage several times and haven't been happy with it, but will try your method next time.

[TexasFrog]

Awesome write up! Thanks for sharing, I'm going to try this myself!

[ReydonPete]

Great write up
Nicely done on detail and process of making summer sausage hope it taste great as
It looks like it will

[BowCrazy]

Great write up.

Would you use the same process in making breakfast or link sausage?

Would you share more about the seasoning?

[Sika]

Great thread! Lot of work but I'm sure it's delicious!

[Huntindad]

Summer sausage is one of my favorite things to make. Congrats on yours!



Y'all are like me....put cheese in the sausage and then cheese on top on the sausage to eat it lol

you noticed that too...

great write up. something I want to try this summer with axis and pork.

[Huntindad]

How long do you keep it in the ice bath?

[texansfan]

love me some good ol hang down

[Gunnyart]

Nice write up. I won't complain about the price of summer sausage again. That's a lot of work!

[Gunner97]

Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

[RobinBradbery]

Thanks again everyone.

To answer a few questions and observations...

My husband, Steve Bradbery, worked for Davis Food City for over 10 years. He left when the chain sold. Half in jest, he asked Mrs Davis for the butcher equipment out of one of the stores as his "severance" pay. Amazingly she agreed. So we now have a well equipped meat cutting room.

As for the spices. We used the pre-mixed spices from Zachs Spice Co. in Deer Park. They will ship but it is close enough for us to drive there. We have also used the pre-mixed stuff from Allied Kenco. Both mixes include a small packet with the correct amount of cure for the poundage of sausage the mix is for.

We don't leave the meat in the ice bath very long. Just long enough to stop the cooking process. So just a few minutes.

[WrecklessRanch]

Looks delicious!

[louieagarcia]

Great work yall! Looks delicious
Missed yall at Bownanza this year...