Best Summer sausage mix!!

[Livnthegoodlife]

I used the Scheel boxed summer sausage mix for my first batch and it was ok but nothing great. So I went searching for something better and decided to try my luck on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Papa-Grecos-spi...ryZ14314QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

His summer sausage spice mix is the best I have tasted. Even better than the store bought beef summer sausage. I mixed it with 100% muley buck and baked it in the oven at 190 until the inside got to be 155-160. I figured I would try something different and go with 100% instead of mixing in some pork and I am very glad I did not. There was very little shrinkage, the meat was moist and no gamey taste. It even seems to have a slight smokey taste and I did not smoke it or add any liquid smoke.

I also bought the Italian and Bratwurst spice mixes. Have not tried them yet though.

 

[schmalts]

I tried Summer sausage once it it wasnt that good. I wil have to try again someday. I had recently looked in my box of spices doen in the basement and found the fricking mice chewed up my summer and Hot stick casings! Damn mice really pissing me off. Good thing my spices are vaccume sealed as they would have been tossed otherwise.

 

[Ovis]

Thanks for posting. I purchased some pepper stick casings from Bass Pro last week and will be giving this my first attempt. How does the Papa Greco's compare to the Hi Mountain?

 

[Livnthegoodlife]

I was not overly impressed with the High Mountain mix for summer sausage. I did not think there was much of a taste to it. It worked great for cheese and crackers or sandwiches but not for just eating alone.

I also made the papa greco brats and italian the other day and tried some. They were both alright but nothing great. Next year I will probably make 10lbs of each just to have some variety but will be making 30-50lbs of the summer sausage because it was so darn good.

A word of caution on the pepper sticks. Make sure you follow the directions exactly. I used a little less meat (like a 1/2lbs less) than what they said and boy was the pepper sticks strong!

 

[steamingutpile]

www.sausagemaker.com Everything you need go online and get their catalog. Been a satisfied customer for over twenty years.

 

[schmalts]

www.sausagemaker.com Everything you need go online and get their catalog. Been a satisfied customer for over twenty years.

I use there stuff too, good stuff. The Jalepino herb sausage/brat seasoning is awsome!