If you are making an emulsified sausage you need to add extra water, if just making a regular fresh style sausage I use 1 oz of liquid for every pound of meat. That works for me.

Sandy is blowing through here now, and its going to be a very wet day. I'm going to carve our jack-o-lantern with help from little Mace.



Have a great day where you are.

I think its just a trick, they use natural sources of Nitrate like celery juice. Nitrate/nitrite is the same weither its from a plant source or refined fron a salt source. 1/2 truths they didn't add nitrates per say but they added celery juice which is naturally high in nitrates.

Indian Candy ● Salmon fillets ● salt ● brown sugar Preparation Cut salmon into 1/2" strips from fillets of salmon. In a large bowl, mix together salt and brown sugar in a 50/50 ratio making certain you have enough to completely cover the salmon. Place salmon in the bowl and coat evenly with the mix ...

Yummy

In my belly LOL

I have both gas and electric smokers, I use the gas in the North where outside temps are low, the electric just doesn't have enough power to smoke in the real cold, I use the electric smoker in FL and it works fine in the milder temps.

Canadian bacon (called back bacon in Canada), I have to dissagree with this statment. they are two different products, Back bacon also called peameal bacon is a cured pork loin rolled in corn meal and is not smoked, it is sliced and fried, Canadian bacon is a cured pork loin which is hot smoked the...

I would add extra pork back fat to bring the total fat content of your meat mix up to 30%

Here are a few more photos of our hunt outside our cabin http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/Big-Guy01/IMG_1081.jpg a nice sunny day http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/Big-Guy01/IMG_1079.jpg a calm lake for a change http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/Big-Guy01/IMG_1080.jpg full moon http:...

If I didn't have my canner, I wouldn't buy one, but live with mason jars.

You can cold can or hot can, the advantage to hot canning is that by having the can hot then sealing it when it cools down it creates a vaccuum. I cold canned the splam, there is no vaccuum on the cans, but they are sealed . In glass jar you are relying on the vaccuum to seal your jar, with a can it...

The canning machine was handed down along with my grinder from my grandfather. I have no Idea where you would get a replacement. You would have to google home canning machines. It works the same as glass jars but they store easier and don't break if you drop one. Sorry for the late reply but I was a...

We were roughing it and barely had enough to eat and drink. ;D a few grouse breasts for the cook http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/Big-Guy01/IMG_1057.jpg the cook taking a well deserved drink, while working at the stove http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d162/Big-Guy01/IMG_1082.jpg the bad food ...

The hide is left in the bush for the bears and wolves, along with the gut pile and bones.