TentHunter
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Yesterday some of us dedicated band parents hosted a cookout for the marching band in celebration of all their hard work getting ready for the football season, which starts tonight.
I'd picked up a 50 lb case of fresh pork shoulder which we took over to some friends' house Wednesday evening to turn into 40 lbs of homemade Kielbasa & Cheddarwurst.
The ladies cut up the taters & shucked all the corn while the men prepped the meat (I got to use my new-to-me 1 h.p. Cabelas commercial meat grinder.)
We weighed it into 10 lb batches, added the spice/cure mixed in ice water then mixed away.
Sharp cheddar was mixed into half before stuffing it into casings. We ended up with 20 lbs each: Kielbasa & Cheddarwurst.
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The next morning...
My grills & horizontal smoker were hauled down to the high school for the cookout.
Here's 40 lbs of sausage getting some cold smoke love from a big pouch of black walnut pellets.
The smell of the Black Walnut smoke was intoxicating!
About an hour before serving time I cranked up the Stoven pellet grill and started cooking the sausage off while Jeff grilled the Lemon-Lime Chicken Wings on the Weber.
Lunch-time! After marching & practicing all morning, 90+ very hungry students lined up to eat.
We also served roasted potatoes, sweet corn & some salad (there were a couple vegetarians). In total we fed a little over 100 hungry students, band staff & custodial staff.
I got too much sun on my now sun-burned headp LOL), but it was a great time for all and the kids earned it!
A special Thank You to all those who helped.
And Thanks for looking!
I'd picked up a 50 lb case of fresh pork shoulder which we took over to some friends' house Wednesday evening to turn into 40 lbs of homemade Kielbasa & Cheddarwurst.
The ladies cut up the taters & shucked all the corn while the men prepped the meat (I got to use my new-to-me 1 h.p. Cabelas commercial meat grinder.)
We weighed it into 10 lb batches, added the spice/cure mixed in ice water then mixed away.
Sharp cheddar was mixed into half before stuffing it into casings. We ended up with 20 lbs each: Kielbasa & Cheddarwurst.
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The next morning...
My grills & horizontal smoker were hauled down to the high school for the cookout.
Here's 40 lbs of sausage getting some cold smoke love from a big pouch of black walnut pellets.
The smell of the Black Walnut smoke was intoxicating!
About an hour before serving time I cranked up the Stoven pellet grill and started cooking the sausage off while Jeff grilled the Lemon-Lime Chicken Wings on the Weber.
Lunch-time! After marching & practicing all morning, 90+ very hungry students lined up to eat.
We also served roasted potatoes, sweet corn & some salad (there were a couple vegetarians). In total we fed a little over 100 hungry students, band staff & custodial staff.
I got too much sun on my now sun-burned head
p LOL), but it was a great time for all and the kids earned it!A special Thank You to all those who helped.
And Thanks for looking!
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