I've been doing my own for years too. I take some to a processor for snack sticks and different sausages. My processor mixes 50/50 beef, and makes the best Italian Sausage, Half Smokes, and snack sticks. When I was a kid the Highs Dairy stores had hot dogs and Half Smokes. I read that
Half Smokes were a Baltimore/Washington specialty, half beef and half pork. Anyway, hadn't seen any in years till I found this guy in PA that still makes them. Cut most of the lean meat up for jerky, maybe enough cubes for a batch of soup, love to smoke a roast. All depends on how many deer I get, Joe.
