Homemade Sausage Making

I like to brine my turkey legs and pork hocks in a solution of 1 cup coarse salt, 1 cup brown sugar,20 cups water and cure. Keep refrigerated for 7 days



remove from brine, pat dry and place in the smoker



start smoker at 120F , no smoke for an hour, increase temp to 200 and apply smoke until internal of 170 F


done smoking



ready to package or eat



pork hocks in a big pot of beans

I love the hocks and beans. I've got some turkey wings kicking around in the freezer. Think I'm gonna smoke em

Looks great Big Guy

Big Guy your turkey legs and hocks look excellent. I have smoked the legs before and I think it's time for another batch. The hocks, can't get any fresh ones here but always looking. If I find some I'll will ask for your hocks and beans recipe.
Trosky

Here is my bean recipe, but don't try to give your wife the Dutch oven treatment, they just don't see the humor in it. Dutch oven treatment is when the two of you are in bed for the night and you let a good one rip, pull the covers up over her head to seal in the aroma, caution watch out for elboes and knees. LOL

Ray`s Beans

2 cups white beans
1 tsp. salt
2 bay leaves
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup molasses
¼ cup ketchup
¼ cup mustard
4 strips of bacon
2 smoked ham hocks
Tomato juice

Cover beans with cold water and soak overnight.
Drain beans, recover with tomato juice, and bring to a boil.
Boil for 20 minutes; remove from heat and cover.
Let stand for 1 hour. Add the rest of the ingredients.
Place in covered pot in the oven at 250 degrees F.
Cook for 6-8 hours add more liquid if needed.

Note: If beans are too watery or not soft enough, return to stove top and boil until you get the desired consistency

hey my fellow ontarian , those hocks and legs look awsome , maybe next time i go to owen-sound ill pop by to try them out , ha ha ha good looking beensoup
graet job

I have found that adding 1 tbsp of baking soda to my beans when I soak them eliminates the after effects!!! The soda neutralizes the acids in the beans that cause "blanket inflation". My wife has found life much more bearable since I started using the soda.