ollie391 74 Posted December 6, 2015 Report Share Posted December 6, 2015 My new sausage stuffer arrived today. I have loads of frozen pigeon breasts in the freezer. Where does everyone get their skins & mix from (links would be great to websites). Also what ratio of pork fat would you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brewman 1,192 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Try Weschenfelder on the net. They will have everything and more. 20 % is about average. Use pork shoulder it's got the right fat content. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie391 74 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Try Weschenfelder on the net. They will have everything and more. 20 % is about average. Use pork shoulder it's got the right fat content. I just minced up 12 pheasants today & some pork belly. I now had 4kg of meat chilling in the fridge overnight. I got hunters mix from the site you recommended; however half of the mix I want to use as chilli sausages, so 2kg of meat. How much chilli powder would you reckon I use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,411 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 very interesting now if some one sticks pictures up that will be me drooling on the floor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Gain 1,764 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Try Weschenfelder on the net. They will have everything and more. 20 % is about average. Use pork shoulder it's got the right fat content. I just minced up 12 pheasants today & some pork belly. I now had 4kg of meat chilling in the fridge overnight. I got hunters mix from the site you recommended; however half of the mix I want to use as chilli sausages, so 2kg of meat. How much chilli powder would you reckon I use? As well as Weschenfelder, sausagemaking.org and scobiesdirect are good for sausagemaking supplies. Personally I use scobiesdirect and always had good service, they are based in East Kilbride, Glasgow. If you are going to add chilli, or any other ingedients, to your sausage mix it then becomes an experiment so a little at a time would be my advice. Always keep notes of how much you put in so that you can replicate the same flavour again. Always thoroughly mix and fry off a small patty for tasting, you may have to do this a few times to obtain the flavour you want. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie391 74 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Try Weschenfelder on the net. They will have everything and more. 20 % is about average. Use pork shoulder it's got the right fat content. I just minced up 12 pheasants today & some pork belly. I now had 4kg of meat chilling in the fridge overnight. I got hunters mix from the site you recommended; however half of the mix I want to use as chilli sausages, so 2kg of meat. How much chilli powder would you reckon I use? As well as Weschenfelder, sausagemaking.org and scobiesdirect are good for sausagemaking supplies. Personally I use scobiesdirect and always had good service, they are based in East Kilbride, Glasgow. If you are going to add chilli, or any other ingedients, to your sausage mix it then becomes an experiment so a little at a time would be my advice. Always keep notes of how much you put in so that you can replicate the same flavour again. Always thoroughly mix and fry off a small patty for tasting, you may have to do this a few times to obtain the flavour you want. Cheers for the advice. I'll give it a go tonight & see how they turn out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alun1960 234 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Scobies gets the thumbs up from me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
devon flighter 421 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 scobies for me as well ! mister gain is spot on its all an experiment keep records, so once you have it right you can repeat it ,it can take a while until you get the feel of things but once you've done it its worth the effort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mole trapper 1,693 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Scobies for me too, used them for everything the last ten years or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,244 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Must admit I use belly pork (skinned). Not for sausage mix cause I've never done that, but for faggot mix and for mixing with any other game. The other cuts might be too expensive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxtrotoscar 35 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 I use "Butchers sundries" on ebay. Simply because they sell everything required, which makes ordering and postage simple. What I do like about these is that they give the required weight quantities on the spice mix packets. As you'll be aware everything needs to be weighed even the liquid or it ends in tears! I now add my own herbs/spices to the pre made spice mix to get a more interesting flavour. I use pork belly for the fat content. I used to use Shoulder but the belly is better IMO and if bought from Aldi quite good/high fat content. Ironically many other supermarkets have too lean a pork belly which is not what is wanted when making naturally lean wild meat sausages. If you have a proper butcher nearby, flair fat is good to add but obviously if not a regular customer there, he's likely to not sell it randomly. Bit of a headache at times but good fun making them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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