Homemade Sausage Making

Hey Smoke Addicts and Sausage Stuffers! Chuckwagon here....
Please trust me, I`m not tryin` to be ornery and picky! And I`m not cranky by nature either! (Just double ugly and my banjo playin` is just awful!). We`ve got a little problem and I`m quite sure you`ll see my point.

Part of the regulations on other sites include the overuse of the "Quote Box". We`ve never had to mention it here until now. You know... it`s where you highlight and copy, then paste and "quote" the previous post. In about 90% of all replys, it just is NOT necessary to "quote" the previous post. Just simply go ahead and answer the last post. Think about it and I think you`ll agree... why post the question all over again? It just isn`t necessary. So far, we haven`t had to remind anyone. But lately, we`re just seeing a lot of unnecessary use of "quotes".

Heck pards, if possible, just answer another members post with a new post of your own. This saves so much "verbage" you really wouldn`t believe it.

I was recently reminded to "do my job and clean it up"... so I`m tranquilly tryin` to do just that. (Hey, I went to "moderator school"!) I enjoy it actually - especially the big bucks! My day usually begins early... writing newspaper columns and manuscripts. About noon on the forum, I begin to field questions and answer them until about 8 PM daily. This includes answering emails, PM`s, and even phone calls. Then after that, I enjoy welcoming new members with three different formats, including lengthy posts showing them their way around our forum.

Again, please don`t get me wrong. I love the work. Sometimes I can`t remember who has more experience than others, so please don`t ever think I`m ever "talking down" to anyone with a particular answer. I love beginners. They are the best. Sometimes, it takes so very much effort just for novices to come forward and post a plea for help. (Do you remember when you first started?) Lots of folks need a "helpin` hand" and I believe we`re negligent if we do not respond to all beginners` requests - in FULL. Are we so shallow that we can`t remember when WE were just "raw sausage" with no experience? Please, lets encourage beginners to do their best by providing as much information as possible to ensure their continuance.

Next, I have to battle those "cyber terrorists" that always seem to pledge themselves to tearing down that which is essentially a pretty good thing... like Wedliny Domowe. These guys have no sense of humor and somehow take it upon themselves to undermine us at every opportunity. Each day, I spend much time in defending our values and our very right to exist on the net. I have to do it with WORDS in these modern days. Twenty years ago, I`d have just whipped their butts with a stick!

So, please help me out. Keep it clean and short (without "unnecessary quotes" if possible. This surely doesn`t mean all quotes.... Just the unnecessary ones! Often it is necessary to quote just part of a phrase to express your answer to a specific question or passage. By all means, use the quotes in that situation. That`s what they are for! I`m just asking you to stop and think about it before you hit the "send" button.

No, I`m not getting` ornery in my old age... I`m trying to keep the administrator happy. We all have rules to abide by. No profanity PLEASE. I have to delete any swear words. But then, I like to get your permission first, so it creates more paperwork on my part. Why not just keep it clean in the first place?

I truly love the folks on this forum. That`s why I spend my retirement hours each day in moderating this forum. It is not an easy job. It actually involves quite a bit of time. So, please help me out. I appreciate it very much. And I appreciate all of you. After all, you are the best folks in the world - those who make smoked sausage. How in the world would anyone find a better group of people?

Thanks Everyone... and of course...
My Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Maybe it is time to give Chuckwagon a break and just let him be moderator and ask all of our sausage making and meat curing questions here. That way if he feels the need to chime in he can but there is a very good chance that a question can be answered in open forum before he can get to it.

If you are concerned that the question is too basic be assured that all questions are of equal value. One member asked today about linking sausage as it is stuffed. Would that we could but we can't so we stuff and then make links.

BUT it can be done when the sausage is stuffed.

The Roma Sausage Company in Baltimore was on the news the other night. They make 7000 pounds of sausage each day. They have a machine that stuffs and links in one very fast operation, about four or five links per second. I wonder how long the piece of casing is!

We have a great forum let's work together to make it the very best.

Chuckwagon wrote: it just is NOT necessary to "quote" the previous post. Just simply go ahead and answer the last post. Think about it and I think you`ll agree... why post the question all over again? It just isn`t necessary. So far, we haven`t had to remind anyone. But lately, we`re just seeing a lot of unnecessary use of "quotes"

Okay, CW! Will do.

ooops!....

Norcalkid, If you keep pullin his leg that way he will walk funny.

Hi My name is Swallow and I'm a recovering Quoter. When I read this post the urge to Quote C.W was almost over powering but resist it I did, Yes I did need assistance in this battle not to Quote but with the help of a VERY LARGE shot of Scotch (more like a machine gun burst really) I managed to prevail. So with the aid of Mr Glen livet or Johnny Walker "I hereby swear never to Quote needlessly again ever". (and you can Quote me on that).

Swallow

Swallow my friend, That is hilarious! I am on the floor laughing over this post... UH... QUOTE...!

My name is Swallow and I'm a recovering Quoter.

Now, THAT is worth a quote. Thank you my pal, for your wonderful sense of humor and your understanding. You are a "keeper"! If Uwanna and I were fishing from his kayak, and got hold of you on the line, we'd certainly haul you in and keep you! Thanks for your post. Too funny!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Thassit fer me. No mo' quotes. From now on, I'm loading up on smilies. ...smileys. ...whatever. (Betcha CW makes the "Disable Smilies" check box default to checked state after this.)

Question of the day: if you insert a link to a sausage recipe into your post, is it a link link? If it's a recipe for small-diameter casing, is it a rinky-dink-link?

...first shot (pun intended) at venison sausage coming up this weekend! Woo-Hoo! Woo-Hoo!

Not Fair I just figured out how to use that darn "Quote" feature and now you stiffel my creativity by not allowing me to use it freely!
Where is the Justice So I am with el Ducko and will revert to the overuse of the smiley faces.

Hey! Cool! Look what I just found! There's the (U) button, which does this when you highlight something.. There's the (I) button, which does this when you highlight something. Then, there's the (B) button which... you know .

Combine this with smileys and ΘηΣ χΩκΣ, or as the Greek letters say kinda sorta, this rocks. Makes ¢, huh?
(Probably not. I think I'd better stick to sausage making.)

El Ducko,
Thank you explaining how all the smileys work. Talk about these quotes and I throw my hand up in the air. I have no intention to even try and work it out how to do this quote mentioning.
I just hope that all you smart forum users won't kick me off this wonderful forum due to my computer incompetence.
This forum is as good as Gus's Csabai receipe. And that's saying something!!!!!
Regards,
Jan.

If you can spell Csabai you're way ahead of me, Crusty. I doesn't even know how to quote one.
(:insert li'l smiley here what grins:)

Hey! Wait!
Is a smiley like a simile?
(Inquiring English teacher minds want to know.)

El Ducko,
My European ancestry, breeding and genes are beyond questioning, hence my correct "Csabai" spelling and a bit of coaching from Snagman, also helps a lot.
Regards,
Jan.

I've only got TWO questions.
(1.) If El DuckO falls out of his rocking chair, bounces two feet ahead of the chair, six inches to the left, then skids a foot to the left before coming to rest up against the wall, then just how far off his rocker is he?
(2.) If Swallow has 100 marbles, gives three to JBK and two to Rongway, then loses eight of them in a hot game of "fubby knuckle" to Snagman and El Duck, then... just how many marbles has he lost?

Crusty,
I thought maybe Csabai was something found only in the Outback, maybe cured by exotic means known only to Aussies. Much to my surprise (relief?) I see that it is Hungarian. I'll have to ask my 88-year-old neighbor from Hungary if she would like me to attempt some.

CW: Answer: About half a bubble.
So, let's break out the bubbly. (Beer is okay too.)

Hey! Look, Ma! No quotes!