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@ryan-yoder The maple sugar will give you a subtle flavor, I add real maple flavoring in addition to the sugar to kick up the maple taste. If you add too much sugar your sausage will become really sweet and unless that is what you are trying to get as well you will probably want to add flavoring as well. I find the sugar doesn’t quite add enough flavor and ends up more like a maple brown sugar flavor rather than straight maple. How much to add also depends on how much sausage you are making and what you are using as far as seasonings, pre-packaged vs. homemade.

@jonathon But you know you always thank the top dog, GO ORANGE!

@dennyo-s said in How Can I Keep Up With You Guys??!: trying to avoid the third one Me too, sounds like we are in the same boat.

@austin thanks very much for your reply Austin, completely understandable. I’ve since browsed a lot more here, and now understand the incredible amount of time and work Walton’s has put in here. It is a great site and knowledge base, and thank you so much to you personally and Walton’s in general for all your efforts!

@rafterw very nice. Enjoy

Makes great breakfast sausage. I use the Holly seasoning and a little bit extra pepper flakes. maybe 2 Tbs. for a 20 lb. batch. Also makes great brats with pork fat.

Hey Dave, I am no expert by any means but the Holly seasoning was by far better than any other seasoning i tried. The southern seasoning was also good and had a different finish to it

Isn’t that pretty much the binder in Sure Gel? Here’s it’s ingredients: Whey Protein Powder (Reduced Lactose Whey, Sodium Caseinate, Whey), Sodium Phosphate (33.33%), Hydrolyzed Gelatin (For Flavoring).  What’s the difference between whey protein isolate, and powder od reduced lactose whey?

Good to hear Thanks for input.

Thanks Chefs! I put them in the freezer yesterday an transferred them to the garage freezer today without vacing. This is the first year that I have not done my deer summer sausage in January!! Wholey Cow am I behind!!!

@cdavis the dough is richer than your typical jelly donut and filled to the extreme. Typically when I was younger they came in prune filling. Over time they have a variety of flavors and are coating in sugar.

ask him what he would tell a home processor wanting to setup a dedicated area

Last week or so @Brett-Walton and I sat down with BHA Kansas and talked about a few things, like hunting dogs, what Walton’s does for different conservation groups and why we do it. It was a fun time, we got to try the Horse Soldier Whiskey which @Tex_77 turned me onto a few years ago and we killed that bottle pretty rapidly! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kansas-bha-podcast/id1480855462

I would think it would take at least a couple gallons of cream to work in a motorized #50 mixer. At the end of it, you will have some expensive butter.

teach them when they are young and they will remember when they are old

@dr_pain i didn’t even look at the date, lol.

Hopefully would help eliminate a lot of re-posts

Well I’m a day early cause I made that yesterday. lol

@samspade Oh man. pizza does sound good!

@twilliams I just want to see (& taste) some of your good ones, because as good as your bad ones look, I cannot even imagine how good the good ones look.