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QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???

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  • twilliamsT twilliams

    Dr_Pain as others have suggested I use a tool to get the rest of the meat out the horn into the casing.

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    twilliams I wad up a piece of paper towel and push it through the horn with the handle on a wooden spoon. Then twist off the sausage in front of the paper wad. Perfecto

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      I gotta jump on the Patty bandwagon. Not as a test so much as a snack. After spinning the stuffer, I wanna eat! I usually do a test right after I mix to adjust seasoning. I haven’t progressed to fermentation yet (other than wine) so it hasn’t affected me that way.

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        twilliams I wad up a piece of paper towel and push it through the horn with the handle on a wooden spoon. Then twist off the sausage in front of the paper wad. Perfecto

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        Brianzipperdog123 yep, thats what i do too

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          I also use the dowel method to push out the remainder of the horn. The leftover in the throat before it gets to the horn is the problem…either slowly feed it into the horn and push it out (trapped air becomes an issue though), make it as a patty, save it for eggs the next day or toss it.

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            All kinds of good ideas!!! The next area of deal with is the oversized elbow that is on the stuffer. If I would have done some research I could have seen how frustrating some of those designs are. I may have an idea based on some of your suggestions though. I will keep you posted

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            • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

              All kinds of good ideas!!! The next area of deal with is the oversized elbow that is on the stuffer. If I would have done some research I could have seen how frustrating some of those designs are. I may have an idea based on some of your suggestions though. I will keep you posted

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              Dr_Pain said in QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???:

              All kinds of good ideas!!! The next area of deal with is the oversized elbow that is on the stuffer. If I would have done some research I could have seen how frustrating some of those designs are. I may have an idea based on some of your suggestions though. I will keep you posted

              My earlier post addresses this issue as well as meat left in the stuffer tube. I have only tried it once, and would like to hear from others whether it works for them.

              Paul

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                Well, thinking about sending a “bolus” down the stuffer to clear the elbow (since clearing the horn is a lot easier), I decided to use my physical therapy background to my advantage. I will experiment with some tear resistant pliable/malleable stress ball (Non-Toxic, BPA/Phthalate/Latex-Free thermoplastic rubber) that we use with hand therapy and for sensory integration with our Down’s patient. Send one or 2 down the stuffer and press it to the horn. They clean up and can be sanitized easily. Should be an interesting experiment!!!

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                • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                  Well, thinking about sending a “bolus” down the stuffer to clear the elbow (since clearing the horn is a lot easier), I decided to use my physical therapy background to my advantage. I will experiment with some tear resistant pliable/malleable stress ball (Non-Toxic, BPA/Phthalate/Latex-Free thermoplastic rubber) that we use with hand therapy and for sensory integration with our Down’s patient. Send one or 2 down the stuffer and press it to the horn. They clean up and can be sanitized easily. Should be an interesting experiment!!!

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                  Dr_Pain
                  Let us know how the stress ball works. I was trying to finds something to uses that was compressible, flexible, non toxic and cheap. Cooked rice was all I could come up with, but no doubt there are better options out there.

                  Paul

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                    I roll/flatten the left overs between some parchment paper cur with a pizza cutter and make reconstructed jerky sticks, zero wasted.

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                    • JPAPJ JPAP

                      I roll/flatten the left overs between some parchment paper cur with a pizza cutter and make reconstructed jerky sticks, zero wasted.

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                      JPAP said in QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???:

                      I roll/flatten the left overs between some parchment paper cur with a pizza cutter and make reconstructed jerky sticks, zero wasted.

                      That is a great idea!!!

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                      • JPAPJ JPAP

                        I roll/flatten the left overs between some parchment paper cur with a pizza cutter and make reconstructed jerky sticks, zero wasted.

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                        JPAP that is a great idea! Perfect way to get some extra jerky!!!

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                          Well my little experiment was a success!! The last pic shows how squishy. The amount of mince left over was little and was a breeze to stuff through the horn

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                          • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                            Well my little experiment was a success!! The last pic shows how squishy. The amount of mince left over was little and was a breeze to stuff through the horn

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                            Dr_Pain congrats, Looks like you may have nailed it.
                            I see squishy balls are non toxic and besides they will not contact the mince for long

                            Give a man a fish and he eats for a day
                            Teach a man to fish and he drinks beer for a lifetime

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                            • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                              Well my little experiment was a success!! The last pic shows how squishy. The amount of mince left over was little and was a breeze to stuff through the horn

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                              Dr_Pain great job Dr. Scientist

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                              • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                                Well my little experiment was a success!! The last pic shows how squishy. The amount of mince left over was little and was a breeze to stuff through the horn

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                                Dr_Pain that looks like the best option so far. Looks like I need to visit the PT folks where I work. Thanks for sharing.

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                                  Dr_Pain Squishy for the win! From now on I will be saving my rice for the gumbo .

                                  Paul

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                                  • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                                    Well my little experiment was a success!! The last pic shows how squishy. The amount of mince left over was little and was a breeze to stuff through the horn

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                                    Dr_Pain Looks like a good process, how do you clean it when done?

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                                      Dr_Pain congrats, Looks like you may have nailed it.
                                      I see squishy balls are non toxic and besides they will not contact the mince for long

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                                      glen said in QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???:

                                      Dr_Pain congrats, Looks like you may have nailed it.
                                      I see squishy [censored] are non toxic and besides they will not contact the mince for long

                                      I did clean them and sanitize them with iodophor before using them so since they are thermoplastic the likelihood of a cross contamination is small. They are Non-Toxic, BPA/Phthalate/Latex-Free so… worse case scenario and the get pinched or split and I lose a small chunk into the mince I can fish it out and all is well.

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                                        Dr_Pain that looks like the best option so far. Looks like I need to visit the PT folks where I work. Thanks for sharing.

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                                        GWG8541 said in QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???:

                                        Dr_Pain that looks like the best option so far. Looks like I need to visit the PT folks where I work. Thanks for sharing.

                                        Actually you can pick those up on Amazon. You would have to visit someone that works with sensory reintegration to have something like these and not many PTs specialize in that. Most of the stuff I use at the clinic have graduated levels of squishiness and most often are puttylike not a perfect sphere.

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                                        • GWG8541G GWG8541

                                          Dr_Pain that looks like the best option so far. Looks like I need to visit the PT folks where I work. Thanks for sharing.

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                                          GWG8541 said in QUESTION: How do you handle the leftover mince in the stuffer???:

                                          Dr_Pain that looks like the best option so far. Looks like I need to visit the PT folks where I work. Thanks for sharing.

                                          Speaking of gumbo… I have some in the fridge as we speak 😉

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