They look good..........
Well, I will rate this project a success. These things are out of sight. Only thing I will do in the future is test a piece for flavoring before I stuff them. I usually do that with sausage, and not sure why I didn't this time. Nothing wrong, I just could have tweaked the seasonings a tad. But still very very good
Here is them out of the smoker before slicing
And a couple money shots of them sliced up ready for packaging
I started off with 6.5 pounds of ground meat and finished weight was just over 4# of snack sticks. I took some to my buddy (one that just had brain surgery) and he said they were off the chart, and better by far than anything he ever bought in the store.
Will definitely be doing these in the future. No wild hogs ever get a free pass ever again!!!
:rockon :bbq
What do you think the shelf life would be on those out of the fridge ? Example: a few days in a hunting pack. Normally I take more care with pork but with the cure and smoke and all they may be ok. They would be good on those all dayers.
Heck yea Allen there making me hungry looking at them. did you have some of the ones John had? If so how do they compare? Oh by the way Ill take a link.lol I think his was a mix of pork and venison
No idea what the shelf life is. What I did is put 4 sticks (cut to 6") in a quart vacuum bag, vacuum seal them and put them in the freezer. I think I ended up with about 10 packs, plus ends and pieces you are left with from cutting
