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lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #30 on: September 05, 2012, 08:13:49 am »
Sally, start of with the wee drops of mince, start small work to larger amounts  ;)

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2012, 09:44:42 am »
Great advice Lill, thanks
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2012, 07:23:28 pm »
your most welcome Sally  ;)

domsmith

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • sanquhar, dumfries and galloway
    • sunnyside farm
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2012, 09:29:57 pm »
Look out for butchers closing down. they usually have 22 size mincer on the front counter. these are smaller mincers.

i got an Avery Berkel mincer from a butchers in NEwcastle, on ebay. its actually a mainca in a different decal. very good little unit. single phase size 22

I find Tim at weschenfelder  very helpful if you need anything at all!

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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2012, 09:55:46 pm »
Very helpful. great thread. Thanks. Gives me a bit of confidence to do my own sausages this year  :excited:
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Pebbles

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Central Scotland
    • Ardunan Farm
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Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #35 on: September 06, 2012, 10:09:29 pm »
Look out for butchers closing down. they usually have 22 size mincer on the front counter. these are smaller mincers.
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That's exactly how we got ours...and a walk in chill, scales, stainless steel units, butchers blocks, display chillers+++  Our local butcher sold his shop to the co-op and the co-op don't seem interested in having butchers counters, which is a pity!


The owner got some extra cash, the co-op had the butchers cleared out for them and we got everything we need to set up shop pretty cheaply....everyone was happy  :)


Now I just need to figure out how to work it all  ::)

Polished Arrow

  • Joined Mar 2012
  • Forest of Dean
  • www.cinderhilllfarm.com
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Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #36 on: September 06, 2012, 11:40:35 pm »
P6te - they look absolutely beautiful.  you should be proud of yourself!

I too would be interested to know what machinery you employed.  And did the skins keep in tact when you cooked them?
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P6te

  • Joined Jan 2012
  • South Derbyshire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2012, 08:43:49 am »
Domsmith - Many thanks for the suggestions.  :thumbsup:

Polished Arrow - here is a photo of our Sausage Stuffer. I'm not sure what brand it is but we bought it new off eBay.



Regarding sausages splitting, no, none of them have so we've been very pleased. I'm afraid I can't take the credit for the sausage .... if I do I won't get fed tonight! :notworthy: I was the handle turner and head of quality control.  :excited:
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Greenmoor

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Lancashire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #38 on: September 07, 2012, 09:27:58 am »
This is something we're going to be looking at trying out, so it's great to hear everyone's advice, experiences and recommendations  :thumbsup:

Gemma

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2012, 11:05:30 am »
Blimey Pete, that some bit of kit you have there.  I was thinking of using a plastic sausage stuffer that fitted on the food mixer  ;D
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

robert waddell

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Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2012, 11:13:13 am »
two choices sally either play at it or do it right     we all have to start somewhere  and the cheap and cheerful way is really the starter   then you get into it and get better kit :farmer:

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #41 on: September 07, 2012, 11:17:20 am »
Robert, I'm going to start the cheap and cheerful way with just a small amount of mince.
If I take to it, next year when I get a couple more weaners I might advance onto something else.
thanks
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Beewyched

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • South Wales
    • tunkeyherd.co.uk
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #42 on: September 07, 2012, 12:05:57 pm »
My OH bought a mincer/sausage maker from Argos a few years ago - cost under £100 I think.
It works really well for smaller amounts of sausages - KK amounts  ;) :roflanim:  & it doesn't heat-up at all - either mincing or sausaging  :thumbsup:
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ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Sutherland
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #43 on: September 07, 2012, 06:19:40 pm »
Sally, can you tell me where you get the ones to attatch to a food mixer, as I have never heard of those! I have ordered some pork and apple burger mix and dry cure from Weschenfelder, but no sausage mix :dunce:  My head is so full of making sure I get everything 'right' for monday (bye bye day) that I can't seem to think straight ???
..............and if one more person says 'how could you do that - poor piggies' I will :rant: As if it isn't hard enough first time......
Pete the photos of your lovely sausages are keeping me focused ;D

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Todays home made sausages .....
« Reply #44 on: September 07, 2012, 06:30:18 pm »
ppd, it probably depends on your food mixer.  I have a Kitchenaid and they do sausage mincers and stuffer attachments
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

 

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