pepperettes Thanks for the reply. I decided to use it and it appears that the cure worked as I cooked a small patty and it turned nice and red.

Jonathon The mix has salt, paprika, onion and garlic powder, white pepper, ground mustard, curing salt and Sodium Erythorbate. I was just concerned that the Sodium Erythorbate may have caused reaction and reduced the affect or inactivated the curing salt.

I made a seasoning mix for hotdogs adding my curing salt and Sodium Erythorbate with the mix a couple weeks ago. Something urgent came up and I was unable to make my hotdogs. I packaged my seasoning in a ziplock bag and stored at room temperature. My question is since I mixed the curing salt and Sodium Erythorbate together, is the seasoning ok to still use or should I toss and make a new batch? Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Those butts look mouth watering!

I have gotten items shipped UPS Surepost that way. The shipper starts with UPS and then UPS delivers to your local postal service for final delivery. I think it is a little cheaper to ship using this method.

shoprat53 I agree about people being surprised as I have used Walton’s Dry Rub Bacon Cure and smoked with apple wood. My family was very pleased with the flavor. I like to use pork butts as I like a more meaty bacon.

That is a work of art! Bet it tasted great too.

Cant wait to see the updates. On my bucket list also.

welcome aboard! Looks like you are bringing more knowledge to the community.

Looks great. I really like the color of the jerky. Mine always seems to come out much darker when using beef.

I bought a Walton’s 11 lb stuffer after doing some research regarding stuffing snack sticks. The 11 lb stuffer works great with the smallest diameter stuffing tube that I use for snack sticks. I use food grade silicone on the gasket and I think this helps with blow by.

HerbcoFood That venison looks super appetizing!

Your Processing building looks awesome. I like the cutting table. One of these days I am going to build a building dedicated to butchering and processing as my wife is getting tired of me doing my processing in her kitchen, lol

Dollar Tree sells chopping mats that would probably work for what you need. They sell in package of two 11x14 mats for $1.25.

Those look mouth watering!

Congrats!

johnsbrewhouse That trough idea looks great. I love the idea of not having to bend over to weed or harvest.

YooperDog Thanks for the info. The butts that I found had skin attached and it seemed to work pretty good with adding the collagen, but I will look for jowls next time I make jaternice.

Looking good! Mine is up and growing, but you are way ahead of me as my tomatoes are only about a foot tall and my squash are about half the size of yours and no blooms yet. It is so dry where I am right now I am really having to water often. Hoping mother nature will give me some good moisture soon.

processhead Thanks for responding, I will definitely taste test it before stuffing and adjust if needed.