Sausage making equip.

[ohiofarmgirl]

ooooooh! a slicer! great score!

i think there might be a biz in this for you "Wildsky Sausage" - very cool!

hey dacjohns - i was wondering about the kitchenaide grinder attachments. so it really works?? raw meat and everything??

i was kinda hoping the hand crank ones would work on raw meat but the universal one hooked on the counter didnt really do a good job.
:-(

 

[ScottSD]

My creative father made me a sausage stuffer out of some pvc, a starter bendix, and some welding:

And...it works great!

 

[big brown horse]

Hey that should go in the do it yourself section too. VERY COOL!!

 

[dacjohns]

ooooooh! a slicer! great score!

i think there might be a biz in this for you "Wildsky Sausage" - very cool!

hey dacjohns - i was wondering about the kitchenaide grinder attachments. so it really works?? raw meat and everything??

i was kinda hoping the hand crank ones would work on raw meat but the universal one hooked on the counter didnt really do a good job.
:-(

I use it for grinding deer and other things. It has two blades, one coarse and one finer.

Things I've done:
Ground meat for cooking or making sausage.
Cranberries for cranberry relish.
Other things that I can't think of off hand.

 

[Wildsky]

Well I found an electric grinder on sale at Cabelas this morning, I was going to go with one I found on the Northern Tool site but it was $129.
This one from Cabelas is $80 so a cheaper one and I don't have to crank a handle.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...80028&parentType=index&indexId=cat280028&rid=

I ordered and got some casings as well - I will soon be making some sausage and will report back

 

[ORChick]

Sausage making with a hand grinder:

http://stonehead.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/sausage-making/

 

[Wildsky]

Made a batch - still waiting for some casings that are soaking to make more - these are in the dehydrator already!

 

[modern_pioneer]

I love making my own sausage, and the skys the limit as far as taste goes.

I have a kitchen aid with a meat grinder, I purchased a 5lb stuffer from Northern which works great.

I love to smoke mine as well...

Also I use high temp cheese and mix in mine for cheesy sausage, I suspect you could use regular cheese. I used double glouster and 5 county chedder last time, but it melts quick and tends to leak out a little when cooking.

But congrats to you for making your own.

 

[Wildsky]

I did see that high temp cheese for sale on the cabelas site - I think I will get some next time.

I'm so damn proud of myself its crazy! I cooked up the little pieces that I squeezed out the casings on the ends, the kids gobbled it up!
I dropped about a cup of Corriander seeds on the floor - what a mess to clean up!

Here is the fat sausage, I struggled with the hog casings, trying to open them and get them on the stuffing tube, next time I'll soak them longer - I only soaked for about an hour.

Those are Boerwors sausages, a mix of beef and pork, with corriander, clove, nutmeg, salt, vinegar... etc.
A taste I grew up with and really miss, its the first thing I eat when I go "home" and I eat LOTS of it when I do..
Very mild tasting, next time I'll add garlic as well, but I wanted to make just the basic sausage to try it first.

 

[Wildsky]

THe texture of my sausage isn't quiet right, it needs to be chunkier grind I think.

I have a cow at the processor as we speak, it will be ready to pick up on the 6th