Help, buffalo snack stick seasoning

[TimC 0]

You could try pickling the sausage in vinegar & salt after it’s cooked to provide the tanginess you’re looking for. Vinegar is about 5% acid. You might try putting some of it in 1/3 water, 2/3 vinegar, and about 5% salt. Water is 8.34 lbs/gal and 5% acid vinegar about 8.39 lbs/gal. You want to pickle at a ratio of 1:1 (1 lb product in 1 lb pickle). If you had 10 lbs product and wanted 10 lbs pickle, then 6.67 lbs vinegar (about 3 qts + 3/4 cup), 3.33 lbs water (about 1 qt + 2&1/4 cups) and half a pound of salt. If the product floats, you want to weight it down. Try a small batch first, 1 or 2 lbs. It will take 3-4 days in the refrigerator for the sausage to absorb all the vinegar it’s going to absorb, so you can taste it every day and see if it’s to your liking and take the sausage out of the pickle. when you think it’s ready. Over a long period of time, the acid will still work on the proteins and make the texture softer, but usually much longer vs. adding it to the blend and tearing it up right away.

[Jonathon]

LukeB I have made a few batches with that seasoning and I have added the dry powder from franks, it helps but like kyle says, it isn’t going to make it taste like you are expecting. The best batch I have made with that seasoning was with Beef as the protein, pork fat as the fat and I used encapsulated citric acid, which gave it a bit more of that zing that I want with a buffalo sausage.

[kyle]

Jonathon dont laugh to hard, but one thing I tried and it work pretty well was, I injected my brats with franks buffalo sauce before I grilled them. The high temp blue cheese I used was very strong and that was the only way I could get a balanced flavor.

[Jonathon]

kyle No laughing from my end on that! Ali Walton and I once made the Pumpkin Pie Flavored Bratwurst Seasoning and injected frosting into it. Your idea is much better than that!

[LukeB]

Wow, a lot of great advise! Thank you everyone for your input. It’s much appreciated!

[bocephus]

Jonathon Man, I would love to see some of your mad scientist creations. Must be fun to try all the different experiments, although I think we have seen the last of the possum!

[cdavis]

Dave in AZ Wow what a nice wrightup. So full of great info. Thanks

[cdavis]

LukeB welcome aboard

[cdavis]

smgharley welcome aboard

[cdavis]

ghostrider that is great advice . Welcome aboard