Homemade Sausage Making

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ssorllih wrote:Farmers aren't happy to have a non profit business.

I have made a small fortune farming. Started with a large one.

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ssorllih wrote:The best way to ensure that a breed prospers is to find a market for the meat.

Utter and absolute truth. Some call it Free Market Environmentalism.

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circlecross wrote:http://mulefootpigs.tripod.com

For those of us who have the land and facilities to raise our own "sausage not the hoof", this was a favorite breed of the American pioneers.

That's "sausage ON the hoof". Jeeeezzzz, I gotta learn to proofread.

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http://mulefootpigs.tripod.com

For those of us who have the land and facilities to raise our own "sausage not the hoof", this was a favorite breed of the American pioneers.

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ssorllih wrote:I may get generous with my self and order a #12. I rather like the idea of bolting it down instead of clamping. Thanks.

Merry Christmas!

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Because my sausage batches are small, ten pounds or less and quite far between I use a hand cranked imported cast iron grinder that I am not thrilled will. Has anybody owned or used a choprite brand grinder? I have and use several antique Enterprise Nos. 10 and 12 in excellent condition and love th...

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My antique stiffer has a brass horn. I can not detect an off-taste in my sausages. Nor could my father nor his father.

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I presume everyone is aware of the anti-bacterial properties of copper and its alloys?

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It is good to know the good old ways....in case the bad old days return.

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Gulyás wrote:Same here.
.Today that's illegal, but so is so many other things.

An'it that the truth!!

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This really works, believe it or not! Works well, in fact.

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My grandfather was one of those old time craftsmen. He grew and harvested his own corn, Fed it to his own hogs, which he butchered himself. He made his own hams, bacon, and sausage. He had a wooden smokehouse, tall and large enough to walk in. It had a small stone exterior firebox. As a child, I was...

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I prefer the old things and old ways. It reinforces my sense that sausage making is an art.

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I have had 4 or 5 stuffers. The Enterprise is the best of them. I live 50 miles or so from Muenster, a traditional German town in North Texas and those folks still use them. The local hardware store keeps one in stock. $$$$ The brand new ones are identical to my 1886 version, completely interchangea...

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It's worked ok for the last century. ChopRite still makes them. $600 more or less. I also use 100 + year old Enterprise grinders. Just an oldfashion kinda guy.

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