Can't stuff 1/2" grind into sheep casings!

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Thewitt
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Can't stuff 1/2" grind into sheep casings!

Post by Thewitt » Sat Nov 02, 2013 04:08

I had a call this morning from one of my "students" who attended the first offering of my sausage making class. The class went extremely well by the way...

Anyway he says, "Sifu, I've ground and seasoned the sausage and I can't for the life of me get it into these sheep casings. I'm using my new piston stuffer and no matter how hard I crank, the meat just won't flow. Please help."

We spoke for a while and I finally asked him how finely he ground the meat. He said, "I love very coarse sausage, so I only used the large plate..."

Hmmm.....

The chunks of fat in his mix are almost larger than the inside diameter of the stuffing tube....

I suggested he grind again through the medium plate..... Success!

Funny what we can't see when we are too close to the problem :)
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