Any Sausage Makers Here?

[Dave P]

The wife has a fancy mixer, and I was walking through a store and saw these attachements:

http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/49/hash/1112/447345/1/Sausage+Stuffer+Kit+Attachment+for+Stand+Mixers.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31GcpUfuXzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Decided to pick them up.

Going to try making some sausage this weekend.

Anyone have any hookups for Hog Casings in the city?

Any good receipies or tips?

[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

DnR leather repair has a ton of sausage making supplies.
Weird, I know..

Edit: Links
http://www.dnrleatherwear.ca/
http://www.dnrsausagesupplies.ca

[JRSC00LUDE]

That's a decent looking attachment.

I don't make sausage myself but I have gone to a friends family's place to make deer sausage at the end of hunting season, it's a lot of fun when you have everyone involved in it! Sure is a lot of work though.

We had the old school hand-cranked unit and then we had some modern powered ones, we had races to see who could empty a big tub of meat first. We kicked ass with the hand crank! One guy feeding the casing, one guy turning the crank and one guy filling the hopper. Once we had a rhythm going you couldn't touch us with the electric sets!

Good luck man, it'll be fun and delicious!

[LadyLuck]

Call up Illichmann's Sausage Shop, they make all of their meats/sausages in house and remember my dad picking up casings a couple years ago.

(403) 272-1673

[JRSC00LUDE]

Don't settle for synthetic casings, real deal all the way!!! :thumbsup:

[milesmcewing]

CTR Refrigeration on 52 ST SE is the main supplier for all the sausage making equipment - spices casings recipes etc.

Here is the link:
http://www.ctrca.com/shop/

I get all my smoker acc. from them too.

[THE GOVERNATOR]

Originally posted by Dave P
The wife has a fancy mixer, and I was walking through a store and saw these attachements:

http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/49/hash/1112/447345/1/Sausage+Stuffer+Kit+Attachment+for+Stand+Mixers.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31GcpUfuXzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Decided to pick them up.

Going to try making some sausage this weekend.

Anyone have any hookups for Hog Casings in the city?

Any good receipies or tips?

mix 1/4 lb pig fat an 2 eggs for 6 lbs of sausage.

that kitchen aid one looks nice but the old style hand crank ones work best. ..

..as for casing an supplies check out the crossroads flea market on the weekends, a lot of the local vendors there also sell supplies an starter kits.

[InRich]

anyone have a guy that makes his own sausages professionally? i have a ton of deer meat, but dont wanna do it myself.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by InRich
anyone have a guy that makes his own sausages professionally? i have a ton of deer meat, but dont wanna do it myself.

Call around to small butcher shops, there's often some that do wild game processing and sausage making. I don't blame you, it's a ton of work.

[FixedGear]

Hey Dave P,

Can you let us know how that sausage maker attachment works? I've been wanting to get that same one for awhile now. Would like to hear what you think.

[hampstor]

Originally posted by InRich
anyone have a guy that makes his own sausages professionally? i have a ton of deer meat, but dont wanna do it myself.

Rocky's Sausage Haus

[Dave P]

So I gave it a go on Saturday. A few of my thoughts:

- DNR Sausage Supply is legit. Spent about a hour talking to the Husband and Wife team that runs the shop. Talked about everything sausage related. Gave me tones of tips, and lots of info. Will def be using them as my local sausage supply store in the future.

- When starting off, cut your meat into small cubes. The instructions said that inch cubes where a good size to grind at. These seemed to big, and was slow going. Second batch I cut about a quarter inch, and it went by much smoother and faster

- Keep the meet cold. Like really cold. The colder the better.

- The kitchen aid stuff worked great..... When I was going slow. As soon as I got impatient and turned the speed up a little, it would all go to shit. Slow and steady does win the race with regards to this set up. I can really see now that if I was doing over like 5-10 lbs of meat, a bigger machine would be way more handy (and faster)

- Grease the stuffing tube before putting the casing on. Makes life easy when actually stuffing.

Over all I was pretty satisfied with my first sausage making experience. Is it way more expensive then buying at the store? Yes. Does it take a long time? Yes. But I am def going to be doing it again.

[Dave P]

I think this is what I am going to attempt this weekend:

Recipe
• 5 lbs boned turkey meat, both dark and light, including skin

• 2 tablespoons kosher salt

• 1 tablespoon ground cumin

• 1 tablespoon medium ground black pepper

• 3 tablespoons commercial chili powder

• 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes

• 6 cloves finely chopped fresh garlic

• 1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped (about 1/2 cup)

• 2 medium sized jalapeno peppers, chopped, seeds removed

• 1 cup cold dry red wine

1. Cut the meat and skin into small pieces, then grind it through the coarse plate on your meat grinder.
2. Mix the wine, spices and herbs into the ground sausage meat.
3. Grind the sausage mixture once again, this time using the medium plate on your meat grinder.
4. Stuff immediately into casings or package in bulk portions.
5. Store the finished sausage in the refrigerator for up to three days or package and freeze for up to 3 months.

[FixedGear]

^^hey, I am looking for a good sausage recipe book or website. What is the source or inspiration for that recipe?

[Dave P]

http://forum.sausagemaking.org/

[FixedGear]

awesome, thanks!

[Dave P]

Had some spare time on the weekend, so busted out the sausage attachments. Ground up some various pork products, and gonig to hang them in the smoker this weekend. Very excited about this haha.

[Dave P]

Finished Product: