So, how do you refrigerate it overnight and smoke it right away?? Lol!! I guess it comes down to maybe using a cure accelerator and smoke it and be done. I smoked it all and sealed it and it’s in the freezer, once thawed it doesn’t last long enough to spoil.

From what I gathered in the video on here if you use ECA you are supposed to smoke it right away and not put it in the fridge overnight. Is that not right!

I do appreciate all the advice and help!!

Thanks

Walt

I added it directly to them meat, should I mix it with the water? I mixed it by hand for 10 minutes.

Thanks for all the help I appreciate it!!

Added the ECA last in the mix, hand mixed for a minute or two. Stuffed and into the smoker.

Thanks for that it could be. I have been eating it, no bad taste, does not seem to have gotten bigger or anything over a couple days. Just trying to figure it out so that if I do it again and give it away don’t want them thinking I’m poisoning them!! Lol!

I did use well water not distilled

Had a similar issue with my batch, not the whole center but spotty around the cheese. Looking for answers. Mine was hand mixed and used ECA. My mixer had not come in yet.

Walt

I smoked both batches at the same time. All made the same day with the same equipment the pepper jack batch does not have the discoloration just the cheddar

Followed the one on the Walton’s instructions for summer sausage

Never mind I figured the image thing out.

I didn’t hold it over night I used the encapsulated citric stuff. How do you upload images? Can’t see where I can do that. Thanks for the reply too I appreciate it!!

Did two batches one with cheddar and one with pepper jack. It seems to only be the cheddar one that is doing it. They were completely separate batches though.

Yes from Waltons.

I made a batch of sausage a couple weeks ago. Vacuum sealed and refrigerated or frozen. This was the first time I used cheese. I notice around the cheese in the sausage it is turning a different color than the rest of the sausage. I am worried it’s no good though I have eaten it and not gotten sick. Any ideas what I have done wrong?

Thanks in advance looking forward to any advice.

Walt