Question for you guys.
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We had some Willies that we didn’t stuff into sticks because we were rushed for time (last February). We put it in 1 lb bags for fry patties. It was 50% deer 50% pork butts with sure gel and smoked meat stabilizer. I’m thinking about thawing out the packages I have and stuffing into sticks now. I should be alright to do this shouldn’t I?
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it will hard to stuff after being held not Shure how the freezing might add to the problem
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glen Regular Contributors Team Grey Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Power User Meat Hack Winner Veteran Kansasreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike Try it, as long as you can stuff it it will be fine
I have stuffed summer sausage (larger diameter helped) after overnight with sure gel but not after freezing
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ND Mike said in Question for you guys.:
We had some Willies that we didn’t stuff into sticks because we were rushed for time (last February). We put it in 1 lb bags for fry patties. It was 50% deer 50% pork butts with sure gel and smoked meat stabilizer. I’m thinking about thawing out the packages I have and stuffing into sticks now. I should be alright to do this shouldn’t I?
Hmm. I’d be curious to know.
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GWG8541 Regular Contributors Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Team Blue Power User Military Veterans Ohioreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike let us know how it turns out.
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Couldnt you run it thru a grinder one last time before stuffing and mix a small amt of water to the grind
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to samspade on last edited by
samspade it is all ground and was ready to stuff. I would probably just add a bit if water too it and try stuffing it.
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blackbetty61 Team Blue Regular Contributors Canning Green Mountain Grill Veteran Cast Ironreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
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ND Mike if you have a jerky shooter that basically looks like an overgrown caulk gun that would be better. You may stress out the gears on your stuffer. My stuffing tube fits my caulk gun
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to twilliams on last edited by
twilliams that’s a good point.
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Cut it into pieces and fry it
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to Departing Contestant on last edited by
Departing Contestant thatbis what we were doing with it. It is quite a bit spicier when in patty form and not smoked. My kids don’t like it…hahahah! I think it’s good.
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ND Mike kids…
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike Too bad for the kids, more for you.
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to Dr_Pain on last edited by
Dr_Pain thanks!
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Ok guys. Today was the day. I thawed out all the packages (8lbs) of Willies. I put it in a big mixing bowl and added about a cup of ice cold water. I hand mixed until it was very tacky. I then loaded the stuffer and gave it a shot. It stuffed very easily. I then loaded it into my newly acquired Smokin Tex 1400 smoker. Forgot to take a picture. Cooked at 125 for an hour. Added smoking wood and bumped up the temp to 150 for 2 hours. I then checked the temp and the sticks were at 132. I went in to check the temperature on the electric roasting oven. The water was at 160. I bumped the temp up a bit and went to grab the sticks. In the time I was messing around inside the temp had dropped in the smoker. I think the element went out. Put the sticks in the roaster and they were done in about 50 minutes. I was impressed with the results since it was previously frozen.
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glen Regular Contributors Team Grey Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Power User Meat Hack Winner Veteran Kansasreplied to ND Mike on last edited by
ND Mike Glad it worked out, All’s well that ends well
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ND Mike Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User North Dakotareplied to glen on last edited by
glen yep. This might be something I end up doing if we have lots of stuff going and run out of time.
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