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Default Making Sausage over the weekend! (pics)

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > Got myself a new toy...
> > It's partially why I was behind by over 700 posts from the weekend. <G>
> >
> > Cabelas was having a 4 hour "black Friday" sale on Friday between 6 am
> > and 10 am. Since I get off of work at 7 am, this was perfect.
> >
> > I'd read their newspaper ad and they had a nice selection of cool
> > things. Cabelas, as a rule, tends to be a bit overpriced on a variety of
> > things with the notable exception of ammunition. It's cheaper there than
> > at Wal-mart!
> >
> > But, I digress...
> >
> > They had a nifty little high torque meat grinder marked down from $99.95
> > to $49.95 for that 4 hour period and it looked good, so I bought one.
> >
> > S2TheMachine.jpg
> > http://i13.tinypic.com/2sbk83l.jpg

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>
>
> Is that a #8 grinder or a #12? (size of the plates and knife) It looks
> a *lot* like the #12 grinder I bought from Northern a couple of years
> ago for about $100.


Not sure... The grinder came with 3 plates. I prefer a coarser grind for
sauasage. That was the largest of the 3.

>
> Wondering how turkey + beef dry salami would turn out,
> Bob


Might be a bit dry... I think I need to add more fat next time. These
are very good but a tad dry.
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