Hey All
After reading various threads here and further reading I thought I’d try adding sodium ascorbate to my next batch of salami.
I’d like to see how it effects the colour brightness and helps hold it for longer.

I’ve had a scout round the internet looking for uk suppliers for small quantities....

Just discovered that the Marianskis have produced a new book. I have many of their books and most of them are quite good.
Anyone purchased and read the new book? The Practical Guide to Making Salami .
Does it bring much new knowledge?
Being in Europe the price is a lot higher for books from US. :(...

Kiełbasa z jeleniny - Venison sausage
Here is another version of venison and pork Polish style sausage. There was still a pack of white tail deer meat in my freezer that needed to be processed. I mixed it with a pork butt and made very nice tasting kielbasa.
Meats
Lean venison, almost no...

I recently offered to help out a friend making a couple batches of hot dogs and we ran into some issues with super dense meat after we mixed. The second time around we added more water, but it was still so stiff that my electric stuffer couldn't push it through the small sheep casing-size horn, and...

I finally got myself a curing fridge. Made in Australia by Cleaver (small family business).

This one is suitable for salumi, cheese, and dry-aged meat. Temperature can be set between 0 ºC und 25 ºC; humidity can be set between 60 % and 85 %. For dry-aging, it maintains 80 % humidity at as low as 2...

I used the SEARCH and read 33 topics on Lactic Acid, and 15 on citric acid. All but one were discussing lactic acid producion by bacterial ferment.

My question is this: in a cooked salami, why would meat texture from direct lactic acid addition be any worse or more crumbly than that achieved by a...

I've not been making sausages for a while due to circumstances.
I want to get back into it and it is winter now, so I can smoke at night (10-15 oC), bring back and put in the fridge during daytime (outside temp 25-30 oC).

Any good ideas?
I still got some intestines.
Got grinder, got stuffer.
Got...

Hi Sausage Makers!
This board has been pretty quiet lately. Hope everyone had a nice summer. Does anyone know how to make Deviled Ham? I'm not even sure if Poland has the product. It is a grainy, fatty ham, cooked in the can, and spreadable on bread or crackers. Its a little like a pate' but more...

I have been trying to make a some spreadable ham. The whole process goes well except when I use the pressure cooker.

This is the result:

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The recipe:

1kg Pork meat - 70/30
15gr Salt
5gr Sugar
3gr Curing salt...

Kiełbasa Chłopska (Peasant Sausage)
Kielbasa Chlopska is a classic Polish kielbasa which defines what many Americans imagine a “kiełbasa” should taste like. In Poland the term “kielbasa” translates to “sausage” and is simply an unmodified noun because there are hundreds of different types and...