horst Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Had enough deer in the freezer to last me and the kids through the year and still had my buck to cut up.After I shot him I decided to try something different with this one.I ordered a buch of stuff the day I killed him and the night before last started my first attempt at home made sausage.As of last night Id turned out 15 lbs of ring sausage and 12 lbs of brats, still gotta grind the rest of the deer into burger and package it for later when I run out but I think it was worth the effort.Anyone else make thier own sausage in here?Havent tried the brats yet, the sausage was pretty good for my first attempt but Ill now to add more seasonings of my own along with the mix next time, it was kinda bland tasting to e anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Never have made my own. I am taking some up to Sliders to get it made up into some tho. Should be some good eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Nope, never have Chris. I've ground up a few deer with my buddy's grinder, but never made sausage or brats. Did you mix in some pork? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Next weekend some of my buddies and I are having a processing party. We'll do 6 deer between us and will be making about 50lbs of summber sausage then splitting the rest into steaks and berger. I had some of the sausage last year and it was the best summer sausage I've ever had bar none. I'd like to try some pepper sticks and balogna, but they've never done them yet. Look at Lem procuct. They have just about anything you would want for processing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating i have always wanted to make my own sausage and brats. i deff would go with more seasoning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Never tried making my own, but I get pepperoni and garlic dinner sausage made up every year. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Nope. I'd like to sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rad_112176 Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating I actually have the smoker warming up now so i can make some smoke venison sausage. This will be my first attempt at it so i will have to let you know how it works out. It has a good smell to it now so hopefully that means something. I should know by late this evening how it tastes. I aslo have some brats in the freezer that i made up. Haven't had a chance to cook any up yet. Needless to say i just got my grinder and smoker for christmas so i have been a smoking fool. I will post later to let you know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating Chris, yes I did mix in pork, the german sausage was about 50/50 mix and the brats called for something like 9 lbs pork and 3 lbs ground deer. Im gonna start another batch today and bought some fresh garlic, red onion, and shredded cheese to try adding into the mix, think it will give the german sausage a better flavor.Instead of ground pork I bought bacon end pices as well to try in this batch, cheaper then ground pork and hopefully more flavor.Ill let you know how they turn out. Got some of the brats I made last night on the stove now, havent tried em yet but they smell awesome.Unfortunately the windchills dropped to about - 20 the last 2 days so these will all be fresh meat, have to wait till it warms up to get the smoker out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating John, thanks for the link to LEM, think next time Ill order from them.Wish Id of looked at thier grinders before ordering mine, seem real reasonable priced and a good variety of seasonings. P.S. Just finished my brats and they were excellent.Highly recomend the High Mountain brat sausage kit.MMMMmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie65 Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Re: Good eating make my own jerky but haven't tried making summer sausage yet. I would like to try making some. Might have to do that next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Good eating Sure have Chris. we use the cabelas sausage seasonings. Have made quite a bit of breakfast sausage and italian sausage. We like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Good eating I found the downside to making your own sausage.Out of 12 lbs of brats I have eaten one pack.Gave some to my parents, brother in law, sister, and grandma and now have to make more cuz Im down to 3 packs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Re: Good eating Planning on trying to maked smoked sausages with our new smoker sometime now. Might have to try a summer sausage mix. Have found that for the sausage we have made, that 1lb of cheap fatty bacon to every four pounds of venison works really well. Never tried making any brats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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