Ok, it's been a while since I've post anything. People don't even have a clue of what kind of time much less money that goes into making venison summer sausage. I make a couple of batches each year and always have people ask out of the blue... how much do I sell them for. For one if charged people for them, they couldn't afford it. It's like some city folk wanting to get a wild hog processed, they want sausage, ribs, and bacon...ain't happening! Anyway I made 90 lbs. of summer sausage this time. I use a mixture of 2/3 venison 1/3 pork. This go around I made garlic and pepper mainly. The last time I added cheddar cheese but time it was a split moment cooking and I didn't have the time to order the cheese. If I make anymore before next season I'll order some cheese. Pictures to follow.
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Looks mighty good to me. Your mixture of 2/3 venison 1/3 pork is pretty close to what we do, that being 60% venison and 40% pork. For the last couple of years, I've only used premixed seasonings from Hi Mountain. It has turned out pretty good. We cut each 3 pound sausage in half and vacuum seal them for the freezer. They make great gifts and you're right on target when you say people can't afford it and so far everyone seems to enjoy it as a gift!
Treefarmer
I know what you mean about time and energy into doing something right. All my neighbors want packages of deer or smoked mullet but I can never find anyone that wants to put in the time to help until it is done. I just started canning venison and now they all just want a couple of jars but they don't have time to help but we will pay you a couple of $. So you have to be special to be on my gift list. But hey I am retired so I have way more time on my hands to do these things they don't have time for.
I know what you mean about time and energy into doing something right. All my neighbors want packages of deer or smoked mullet but I can never find anyone that wants to put in the time to help until it is done. I just started canning venison and now they all just want a couple of jars but they don't have time to help but we will pay you a couple of $. So you have to be special to be on my gift list. But hey I am retired so I have way more time on my hands to do these things they don't have time for.
Funny you bring that up, I got a story for that... A couple of years I gave my sister some sausage. She loved it and wanted more, so I told her that I'd let her know the next time that I was going to make some. The next year I told her that I was going to be making some summer sausage and she needed to buy some of the Ingredients. She told me "Go ahead and buy me some and I'll pay you for it when you make it." I told her no if you want some you better buy it. Needless to say she didn't buy anything. When I made the sausage she didn't get any... She never asked about it. This year I didn't even have to ask her to buy anything, she called me one day and asked how much to buy. I told her and lo and behold she bought 3 times as much as I told her. Needless to say all I had to provide was the meat. She even came over and help stuff my meat...? (wait that didn't sound right) lol.
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