<![CDATA[Frozen sausage meat]]>Last year while processing my own venison sausage I ran out of casing and vacuum sealed the remainder of the meat to not let it go to waste. Before I start this year’s processing, I’m concerned that this frozen meat may be very hard to stuff considering it’s been sitting for 6+ months in a vacuum sealed / freezer with curing salt in it.

Do you think it’s worth a shot stuffing into casing this year or am I better off just using it as ground breakfast sausage for patties?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/4693/frozen-sausage-meatRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 22:38:35 GMTFri, 03 Dec 2021 16:20:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Frozen sausage meat on Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:58:19 GMT]]>bobfrapples I would go ahead and stuff, think you will be alright.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59763https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59763Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:58:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Frozen sausage meat on Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:50:45 GMT]]>bobfrapples I recently did this with some Willies snack sticks that I had leftover and it worked fine. I did add just a bit of water to loosen it up to make stuffing easy.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59762https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59762Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:50:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Frozen sausage meat on Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:10:51 GMT]]>Ridley Acres

Not manual defrost but also seems far enough away from there to be thawing/freezing so much. But that’s a good point.

Sounds like I should give it a whirl with the stuffer. Thanks

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59714https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59714Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:10:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Frozen sausage meat on Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:15:14 GMT]]>You should be fine so long as the efficacy of the curing salts isn’t degraded by the duration in the freezer. Is this a manual defrost freezer? Ideally, meat should be stored in a manual defrost unit for long term storage. Otherwise the product nearest the defrost element may encounter frequent thaw/freeze cycles. I am not sure how much if any part that could play in the shelf life, but thought it worth noting.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59685https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/59685Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:15:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Frozen sausage meat on Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:54:40 GMT]]>Stuff it, it will be fine especially since you vacuum sealed it.

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