Hello and Happy New Year I would like to try and make the Capicola - fully cooked recipe on pg. 331 of the 4th edition of the R. Kutas "Sausage bible" The reciepe talks about stuffing 4 lbs. pork butts int synthetic casing. My question is - what diameter of synthetic casing would you need for a 4lbs...

Hello This questions has probably been asked before, but I would appreciate some help. Every time I smoke my sausage, I get white spots on the end products. I making sure the sausage is good and dry before I start applying smoke. I usually keep the sausage in the smoker at 130F/damper wide open to d...

Chuckwagon Thanks for the quick and detailed reply. Given my schedule, I won't be able to use Bactoferm since I did not account for that in my supply shopping, but I will keep that in mind for the future. I do have Fermento which is called for in the recipe. How does that compare with Bactoferm? The...

Hi folks Going to try making my first semi-dry sausage - based on the pepperoni stick recipe on pg 373 of the 4th edition of Great Sausage Making Recipes and Meat Curing by R. Kutas. I have all the ingredients assembled and a controlled environment ready for holding. Any lessons learned/general advi...

Tomaszów Lubelski was named after Tomasz Zamojski in 1613 and Tomaszów Mazowiecki after Tomasz Ostrowski in 1788. Both came from powerful aristocratic families. Thanks for those details! The Tom. Maz. website talks about the Ostrowski family. So which of these or other cities you think lent it's na...

Thanks guys for the quick reply and info, most appreciated. Max - I see you are located in Bełchatów. This past summer I visited nearby Tomaszow Mazowiecki as my last name is Tomaszewski and I was curious to see perhaps where my last name orginates. Thanks again for the info, I will be in touch if ...

Thanks guys for the quick reply and info, most appreciated. Max - I see you are located in Bełchatów. This past summer I visited nearby Tomaszow Mazowiecki as my last name is Tomaszewski and I was curious to see perhaps where my last name orginates. Thanks again for the info, I will be in touch if I...

Hello Does anyone have any information on the 8th annual 2013 Wedliny Domowe convention in Poland? Assuming it is the same time as the last conventions (late Aug), I would possibly like to attend and need to start planning for it now. Also, how much Polish would one need to speak to really engage wi...