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A good brat
20 September 2022, 21:16
Bill/OregonA good brat
These seasonal brats from Johnsonville are worth your time to investigate. I threw a couple on the Traeger last night for some smoke, then over to the Weber gasser to grill.
Served them with currywurst and oh, boy!
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
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20 September 2022, 21:22
Bill/OregonRegarding currywurst sauce, I used this recipe:
https://www.thekitchenmaus.com/homemade-currywurst/This one also looks good and is very different from the first one:
https://www.craftbeering.com/currywurst-recipe/
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author
20 September 2022, 22:05
Aspen Hill AdventuresI've not seen those at the store but don't often shop the meat isle. I will look for them next time I run to town.
That said, I have a horizontal sausage stuffer ordered and en route this week so I can ramp up making my own sausages, etc here.
~Ann
21 September 2022, 03:10
Bill/OregonAnn, that sausage stuffer will get an honest workout at your place, I am sure. I have long been an admirer of your degree of self-sufficiency.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author
21 September 2022, 08:07
Norman ConquestI totally agree!

21 September 2022, 09:05
Norman ConquestAnn, what make did you order? I assume it is electric. I have my old hand grinder for working it down by steps + mixture to sausage stuffing fare. I also have a hand crank 3 gallon cast iron casing stuffer, that was made in the early 1900s, still works just great; but then I have always been anachronistic, as you know. Learning to live this way in the early 70s was a realistic adventure into a charmed life + now it has become second nature. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents in my formative years + they were the epitome of self-sufficient country folks. An enviable trait.
21 September 2022, 18:17
Aspen Hill AdventuresThis is the one I ordered. I think with a hand crank I will have more control on pressure and hopefully less breakage on casing. My goal will be natural casings for breakfast sausage, brats, smoked sausage, etc. For snack sticks I would use the ones you peel off.
I went with horizontal for simple physics. Straight line will be less friction, etc than a vertical with a curved tube. This is a medium size unit.
7 liter stuffer ~Ann
23 September 2022, 08:57
Norman ConquestLooks like a neat unit for a very fair price. That cast one of mine has the horizontal discharge + closely resembles a fruit press. But you need to be ready to make a LOT of sausage.
23 September 2022, 19:06
Aspen Hill AdventuresThe stuffer has arrived. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be!
~Ann
23 September 2022, 19:21
Bill/OregonOf course, we'll need an image of it Ann.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
– John Green, author