Made 25 pounds of bulk venison sausage this morning. It is a 60% venison 40% pork mixture, using Legg's Old Plantation pork sausage seasoning with added sage and cayenne pepper. We ran out of sausage last week and have been using it in our stuffed Bell peppers, so it was time. 25 pounds is not a lot but it is as much as we can handle easily at our age, no need to kill yourself making a big batch and interfering with nap time.
It tasted good, we had some for dinner along with peas and rice, fried corn bread and a big glass of iced tea!
Since I started making our sausage at home, I've kept records and try to keep the seasoning very consistent with what we want it to taste like each time. All ingredients are measured accurately each batch, keeps the final products the same each time.
Miss Joy took a couple of pictures after we were almost done with this batch.
Treefarmer
Nice job farmer, I'm gonna need to make another 25 lbs. myself before the season. Did Mrs. Joy make you start wearing a shirt?
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What the heck is Fried Cornbread?!?! Sounds delicious!!!
kortsman,
I asked Miss Joy about the fried cornbread. She said the ingredients are corn meal, a very small amount of flour, a little salt, some buttermilk and water to get the mix where it can be spooned or poured into a old black skillet with a little bit of hot oil to cook it in. Flip 'em over after the 1st side is browned, do the other side and it's done. If the batter is real thin it will create a "crunchy lace" on the edges of each piece. She mostly spoons it into the skillet as a thicker batter and flattens it one pat with the spoon.
She went on to tell about how many different ways corn bread can be made. Some are sweet with sugar added, some are baked in the skillet on top of the stove, some are baked in the oven, it goes on and on....
We eat a lot of the fried corn bread, it goes well with the traditional southern foods we enjoy. She says it's easier to make the fried cornbread than to make cathead biscuits and then she adds, "Biscuits are also more fattening!"
Just thinkin' about this, hushpuppies are probably a 1st cousin to fried cornbread, just add some chopped onion and spoon 'em into some deep hot grease.
Here's a picture of some made several years back:
Treefarmer
