This weekend was the start of the "sausage making season". Goose, beef, moose and pork...300lbs of meaty goodness. So Chris, to answer your question on the kaszanka, I havent had a chance yet make it. Once I get the hunters taken care off, then it's time to make all the new stuff :lol: https://image...

Hey Red and Stefan, due to high demand from my Polish Mom, in-laws and friends, I've been volunteered to make some kaszanka. Everything look relatively simple, just one question...... what type of barley is used pearl, pot, hulled, etc? Does it really matter at the end or just what's in the pantry?

That looks really tasty. Might be another one I wouldn't mind trying. Chicken and feta first.
Is there a noticable turkey flavour to this or just a hint?

This weekend consisted of making Picanha, a Brazilian / Argentinian dish, depending on who you talk to. The meat is a "sirlion cap" or "rump cap" or "tri-cap" depending on the butcher. https://images91.fotosik.pl/3/5ea4da9b4c3ab94fm.jpg Next to the tenderloin, this is the second most tender piece. I...

Very Nice Chris!
I'm tentatively booked in for sturgeon and salmon fishing in Oct your neck of the woods, so hopefully 'll have something to show as well.

That looks really tasty! I've made salceson with tongues and hocks only but not with the actual head. There is a butcher shop that sells heads, however I've never worked with one, for the simple reason, that i have no clue. What do I need to do to prepare a head? remove the eyeballs, brain, clean ou...

https://images83.fotosik.pl/1030/7fc7fc312199376fm.jpg https://images83.fotosik.pl/1030/9b4353a35e543dc9m.jpg You are so right Chris. What's a Polish Easter without Biała Kiełbasa z żurkiem . A shout out to a friend of mine, who made his for the first time and it turned out very nice. I didn't have...

Rinsed off, stuffed into beef bung, netted allowed dry at room temp for 3 hours, smoked with cherry and alder for 4 hours at 57-60C (135-140F). Finished by poaching in 70C (167F) water until IT of 64C (148F). Would there be an issue or a flavour difference if the meat was cold smoked for 5-6 hrs, i...

In the spirit of perfecting the art, I have noticed on several occassions that there were beads of moisture forming on the sausage after they've been in the smoker for a short period of time. I've observed and tried several methods to eliminate that but haven't really come to any conclusion. I've tr...

Another busy weekend !
300 + lbs of venison swojska, venison summer, venison jalpeno/cheese, some Krakowska, pork/beef swojska and a bunch of pepperoni sticks.

redzed wrote: If you use 5% then it longer will be EQ curing.

So if I understand this correctly, the higher the salt content the longer it takes to cure?

Here's my Baleron (a.k.a. Cottage Ham or Cottage Roll) Pork shoulder coppa cut, dry cured for 12 days with 2.2% sea salt, .2% #1, coarsely ground BP and Bay leaf. To those who are experts in equil curing ..... Thinking of making baleron for Easter, however due to time constraints, I may not be able...

I bought a 20lb stuffer from cabelas 18yrs ago and I pumped close to 200lbs a year of sausage and now last few years over 1000lbs a year. Absolutely no problems. Price is quite decent.

Any reference to "bratwurst" is quite overarching, covering so many different types of sausage. Any fresh sausage can essentially now be called bratwurst. If you want to make something close to an original, don't look at recipes for Johnsonville brats, but for specific regional German wursts. My ne...

Deer liver, 1kg Deer meat trimmings (with connective tissue, no fat) 1kg Side pork, 1g Pork trimmings, about 40% fat, 500g Back fat, 500g Ingredients (per 1kg of meat block) Salt, 20g Cure# 1, .5g (added for colour only) White pepper, finely ground, 3g Marjoram, 1.5g All spice, 1g Nutmeg, 1g Ginger...