Homemade Hot Sausage

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Holiday Traditions




Holiday’s bring the family together…Every year before the winter holiday’s my family gets together to make homemade hot sausage on a Friday in November. We start at 7 in the morning and go until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. This year we made 480 pounds of sausage.... Normally it is the same family members that take off work every year to make the sausage, listen to holiday music, and drink wine but other family members come and go throughout the day. There are four steps that we go through for each batch that is made. First, someone is stationed at the sink to run water through the casings and then blow them up, so they can hold the sausage together. Second, is the mixing station, this is where the seasonings and spices are mixed in with the meat. Third, after the meat is mixed together with the seasonings and spices it is put into the grinder to go into the casings. Finally, we vacuum seal the sausage into packages so that it can be frozen for later use. Is it hot do you ask?? Well... it might be! We make mild, medium, and hot depending on how my family wants it!

Family traditions are so important to continue bonding with everyone in the family and to keep the family unique. For my family tradition, we encourage farm to table by purchasing all of ingredients locally. It is beneficial to make homemade sausage as well because we know exactly what ingredients are going into the mixture. We have so much fun making it and we cook some throughout the day as we mix it to taste test it. Who doesn’t love to cook and eat? Share any of your cool family holiday traditions!


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