BSK
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Sacrilege! Actually, if you're going to grind it, I agree. But we save our hams for roasts, so they are skinned with fillet knives to remove all fascia.
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killingtime 41
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The way I age the meat is in a cooler. What I do is put ice in the cooler little less than half add all the meat then cover it in ice. 24 hours drain the bloody water out of the cooler. Leave the ice that hasn't melted and top off with new ice. Do this for 3 days. And anyone who's ate the meat I do that with. Can't believe how delicious it is.
megalomaniac
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Once you start dry aging meat, you won't EVER go back to soaking meat in ice water.
You don't see any restaurants serve beef aged in icewater... and ther is a reason for that. Meat loses flavor and is less tender than dry aged game. Been there, done that... I used to age my meat in a cooler the same way for a decade. Dry aged is WAY better.
If it's too hot to dry age in cool temps with air circulation, I'll put the clean dry meat in garbage bags in the ice chest to keep water off the meat and only age 5 to 6 days. Not ideal, but better than soaking in icewater.
megalomaniac
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Stricks...
Love them.because your meat goes into an individual Tupperware container before freezing... so you are guaranteed to get your meat back. They only take skinned and quartered meat, and if not already deboned, charge an additional $5 per quarter to debone.
Smoked sausage is vacuum packed in half pound packages, so no freezer burn even after a year in the freezer.
Vans makes some excellent smoked sausage as well, but Stricks is only 10m from my house and they are just as good.
I'd be fighting off the crows, coyotes, raccoons, and the few bears we have around here if I left meat outside on a table.
Thanks..I've had Stricks bbq but never used them for making sausage. Vans is without a doubt the best I've ever had but too far and too pricey for me. Fortenberry's is good and local so I understand the convenience factor. We debone our own as well.
backyardtndeer
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Why I started doing my own looking ago.
