We did the same thing this year. My cousin and I raised a few hogs for pork chops, bacon and ham steaks. We kept all of the sausage trimmings and decided to mix it with deer this year. Ended up doing a 100lb's of sausage.

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In the smokehouse.

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We taste tested a few of the batches as we went along. It was a long 1st day of processing and the next day took a few hours to cut and package.

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Man, does it make great breakfast sammiches!

Wife made a zita with a pile of sausage and what a darn hit that was as well. Overall, it was a great way to clean out the freezer from trimmings and have great food that is there, ready to cook!


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