Gettin'a little

[BarryBobPosthole]

Snow, that is. Pretty young snow. The kind I like. Winter is here, a pretty cool season in its own right. No pun intended.

BKB

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[BarryBobPosthole]

And an hour later....


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[DeputyDog]

I wish we would get some snow. The only snow we've had so far was back in mid-November when we got one blast of 9 inches. Since then, nothing. I hate a winter without snow. Cold, even mildly so, with everything a drab brown is really depressing.

[Thumper]

Dang! I saw the title to this post and thought maybe you got lucky this morning! ;)

[Big Muddy]

We gonna finally get some stomp down weather, too, Postie....low temps. for the next 10 days will be in the 20's.

Let the duck and deer carnage begin !!!!!....might even toss in a rabbit hunt, too. ;)

My rabbit-beagle guy stopped by the house, yesterday, and dropped me off 5 pounds of his sho 'nuf good smoked link pork sausage....he and his wife own a small meat processing business, and smoke their own pork products....he said they had a great year, and processed 1,100 hogs....she handles all of the smoking details, and their products are just awesome.

[BarryBobPosthole]

1100 hogs.


Mercy.

That's a lot of bacon.


BKB

[Big Muddy]

Yep, and they both consider themselves retired....they started out, processing and smoking in a shed behind their house....then, they bought a bigger shed....now, they own a small, but nice processing building.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I bought a really nice sausage and meat curing book a few years ago with the full intention of trying a few things on my own. Since I've retired though I haven't had time to do anything!

BKB

[Big Muddy]

Ha, yep, know whatcha mean....I got all the meat processing paraphernalia, grinder, mixer, slicer, stuffer, etc....but would never try to do it commercially.

I do grind my own burger and stuff my own sausage, but only about 100 lbs., each year....mine is purty darn good stuff, but my rabbit hunting buddy and his wife have got their recipes, spices, and smoking techniques down-pat.

[Trav]

Barry did you pick up "Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing" by Michael Ruhlman by chance? If so its a great book.

[BarryBobPosthole]

No, this is the one I have.
BKB

http://www.sausagemaker.com/Great-Sausage-Recipes-and-Meat-Curing-p/26-1010.htm?gclid=CIGqo-WtncoCFYOBaQod9t0ATA

[DeputyDog]

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We finally got some snow too. Saturday night the temps dropped and the rain turned to snow. We are supposed to get 3-6 inches tonight.

The temps really dropped too! It was 7 degrees this morning with a wind chill of -9. Highs are going to be in the teens the next couple of days.

[Thumper]

Did Muddy post that pic for you? ;)

[Big Muddy]

Looks good to me. ;)

[BarryBobPosthole]

It needs SeaFoam.

BKB

[Nandy]

Love pictures of snow as long as they are not of my place!!!!