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What's your next Meat Project?

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  • GWG8541G GWG8541

    ND Mike I have been know to add a little extra to mine also. Is there really such thing as too much garlic.

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    GWG8541 not really…unless it is date night!

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      Pork belly projects. Doing some Char Siu, some Cantonese style, and of course some bacon. Now time to let marinate and cure. Just like Tom Petty sang The waaaiting is the hardest part.

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      Surg good looking bellies

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      • JonathonJ Jonathon

        johng and I have to make 2 things this week. One is a sweet bologna that we are going to try new casings on and the other is a test for a new grinder system. Now, we could just do them both at once or we could make something cool out of the grinder test one. Anyone got a seasoning that they want to know what it is like that no one has tried yet? Cause if not we are making landjaegar sausage with Jagermeister instead of water. Someone recommended it or suggested it on a Livestream and it sounded interesting!

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        Jonathon said in What's your next Meat Project?:

        johng and I have to make 2 things this week. One is a sweet bologna that we are going to try new casings on and the other is a test for a new grinder system. Now, we could just do them both at once or we could make something cool out of the grinder test one. Anyone got a seasoning that they want to know what it is like that no one has tried yet? Cause if not we are making landjaegar sausage with Jagermeister instead of water. Someone recommended it or suggested it on a Livestream and it sounded interesting!

        Sweet bologna… you have my attention!

        If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy - Red Green

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        • PivodogP Pivodog

          I’m going to make 12lbs of Smoke Bologna this weekend. I haven’t decided to use the bowl chopper to just the grinder, any suggestions?

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          Pivodog said in What's your next Meat Project?:

          I’m going to make 12lbs of Smoke Bologna this weekend. I haven’t decided to use the bowl chopper to just the grinder, any suggestions?

          Bowl chopper makes all the difference IMO

          If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy - Red Green

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            Jonathan I have a good bologna recipe!

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            • PivodogP Pivodog

              Just finished smoking some Canadian Bacon!
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              Pivodog That looks good, where did you find the loin with that fat cap.

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                I usually get my meat from Dartington.

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                  Doing ring bologna. Couldn’t decide whether I wanted emulsified or it ground with medium plate with fat ground with large plate. So I decided to do 5 pounds each way and see which one I like better.
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                  • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                    Doing ring bologna. Couldn’t decide whether I wanted emulsified or it ground with medium plate with fat ground with large plate. So I decided to do 5 pounds each way and see which one I like better.
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                    Grimpuppy And the winner is? Let us know.

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                      In the smoker

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                        The flavor is great on both. The course ground has way to much fat. I did them both at 70/30. The emulsified is about the perfect balance. The course on the other hand is just to much raw fat. The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat. You wouldn’t be able to eat more than a few slices before it is to much. Maybe with some cheese n crackers it would be more tolerable. I would do them both again but cut back to 80/20 at the most on the course grind. I would also probably run the fat through a med plate instead of the course plate to reduce the size.
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                        • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                          The flavor is great on both. The course ground has way to much fat. I did them both at 70/30. The emulsified is about the perfect balance. The course on the other hand is just to much raw fat. The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat. You wouldn’t be able to eat more than a few slices before it is to much. Maybe with some cheese n crackers it would be more tolerable. I would do them both again but cut back to 80/20 at the most on the course grind. I would also probably run the fat through a med plate instead of the course plate to reduce the size.
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                          Grimpuppy

                          The lean in the course ground batch looks about right. What size plate did you grind the fat through?

                          Paul

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                          • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                            The flavor is great on both. The course ground has way to much fat. I did them both at 70/30. The emulsified is about the perfect balance. The course on the other hand is just to much raw fat. The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat. You wouldn’t be able to eat more than a few slices before it is to much. Maybe with some cheese n crackers it would be more tolerable. I would do them both again but cut back to 80/20 at the most on the course grind. I would also probably run the fat through a med plate instead of the course plate to reduce the size.
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                            Grimpuppy Very good evaluation & good looking finished product with the exception as you indicated of the heavy fat. It still looks good. I think processhead may have the answer.

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                              • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                                The flavor is great on both. The course ground has way to much fat. I did them both at 70/30. The emulsified is about the perfect balance. The course on the other hand is just to much raw fat. The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat. You wouldn’t be able to eat more than a few slices before it is to much. Maybe with some cheese n crackers it would be more tolerable. I would do them both again but cut back to 80/20 at the most on the course grind. I would also probably run the fat through a med plate instead of the course plate to reduce the size.
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                                Grimpuppy Grimpuppy
                                “The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat.”

                                With a couple days in the fridge the fat can really mellow (soften), but if that doesn’t happen maybe a hot grill would make them good to eat for this experiment.

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                                  Grimpuppy

                                  The lean in the course ground batch looks about right. What size plate did you grind the fat through?

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                                  processhead said in What's your next Meat Project?:

                                  Grimpuppy

                                  The lean in the course ground batch looks about right. What size plate did you grind the fat through?

                                  I ground the fat through a 3/8 plate once. The meat was through a 3/8 plate once and then 3/16 plate once.

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                                    processhead said in What's your next Meat Project?:

                                    Grimpuppy

                                    The lean in the course ground batch looks about right. What size plate did you grind the fat through?

                                    I ground the fat through a 3/8 plate once. The meat was through a 3/8 plate once and then 3/16 plate once.

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                                    Grimpuppy said in What's your next Meat Project?:

                                    processhead said in What's your next Meat Project?:

                                    Grimpuppy

                                    The lean in the course ground batch looks about right. What size plate did you grind the fat through?

                                    I ground the fat through a 3/8 plate once. The meat was through a 3/8 plate once and then 3/16 plate once.

                                    I think grinding the fat through a 3/16 plate would help.

                                    MIxing the resulting fat and lean less thoroughly might help keep that fat particle definition you are looking for without just making it look like the fine ground version you made.

                                    Paul

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                                    • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                                      Doing ring bologna. Couldn’t decide whether I wanted emulsified or it ground with medium plate with fat ground with large plate. So I decided to do 5 pounds each way and see which one I like better.
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                                      Grimpuppy let us know which you prefer

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                                      • GrimpuppyG Grimpuppy

                                        The flavor is great on both. The course ground has way to much fat. I did them both at 70/30. The emulsified is about the perfect balance. The course on the other hand is just to much raw fat. The flavor is great but your entire mouth gets a heavy coating of fat. You wouldn’t be able to eat more than a few slices before it is to much. Maybe with some cheese n crackers it would be more tolerable. I would do them both again but cut back to 80/20 at the most on the course grind. I would also probably run the fat through a med plate instead of the course plate to reduce the size.
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                                        Grimpuppy it does look like a smaller plate for the fat would’ve been better. I used a 3/16 plate for the fat in my kielbasa and thought it worked great. 20211212_085630.jpg

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                                          We made 60 lbs of Willies Snack Sticks and Landjaeger this weekend. The snack sticks were 80/20 venison and beef fat. The landjaeger was 60/40 venison and pork butt.

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