Post by strippitman on Dec 6, 2010 22:25:27 GMT -5
After many tries of my own "home recipes" I decided to buy the Hi- Mountain Summer sausage and Sweet and spicy snack stick kits from my local outfitter last week and gave them a try. The snack sticks are awesome! The summer sausage has incredible flavor but there is something weird with the consistency of the meat. I think the amount of water the recipe calls for is too much. I used exactly what the directions said to use for this amount of meat. I only used half the kit so when I make this again I will cut the water in half and see how it turns out. The half kit made five 2' x 2-1/2" logs (15 lbs.). But like I said the flavor was probably the best I've ever had but the texture needs work. Once I get this worked out these will be to die for. Here's some pics
I'll have to give that Hi-Mtn stuff a try.
I've heard it's dang good!
I used the Hi-Country summer sausage kit. Made it last night and smoked it today, but I screwed up on the smoking. You're suppose to smoke it until it reaches an internal temp of 148-152. I started the smoker with it set on "high" and then went to the stand for a few hours. I thought it would be fine with it being cool out and figured it would take quite a few hours to reach the 150 mark. Got home and the internal temp was 170! 
I think I pretty much rendered the fat out of it. The one we tried I had put cheddar and jalapenos in and there was no trace of any cheese. 
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
