Sauscutapalooza AWSS6 The Payoff

JohnInCarolina

Safe to call this gathering... a sausage fest?

caliking

I woke up pretty beat down.  Still a lot of sausage to do

Thats a winning start, for sure.

Foghorn

JohnInCarolina said:

Safe to call this gathering... a sausage fest?

Given the overwhelming evidence, we’d have a hard time refuting that claim. 

JohnInCarolina

Foghorn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Safe to call this gathering... a sausage fest?

Given the overwhelming evidence, we’d have a hard time refuting that claim. 

Well if that's what It is all I can say is that I'm madly jealous.  It looks like a great time, while still being very much an AW.  

Legume

It’s nice to know that while the masses are all handling balls up in Fredericksburg at the Festicle, 2 hours south y’all have dedicated yourselves to handling the sausage.

Balance in Texas is maintained.

SciAggie

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Foghorn

1) The beef merguez is the best sausage we’ve ever made. 

2) We’re working 4 stations. 1) grinding, 2) stuffing, 3) bagging, 4) cleanup. 

northGAcock

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Foghorn

northGAcock said:

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Yeah, that and about 850 sausage links (estimated) for sharing when it’s all done. 

northGAcock

Foghorn said:

northGAcock said:

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Yeah, that and about 850 sausage links (estimated) for sharing when it’s all done. 

Having made sausage the last 3 years with @Sea2Ski, I left out hard work. It is hard to explain to those who have not experienced the process. The common goal and end game provides the motivation. Cheers to you guys and enjoy the ride. 

JohnInCarolina

Foghorn said:

1) The beef merguez is the best sausage we’ve ever made. 

While I have no doubt that it is very good to excellent, I am somewhat skeptical that it can be anywhere near as good as some of the sausage that Larry @lkapigian has produced.  

But I am an exceptionally fair man as everyone here knows and I appreciate that this is fairly subjective, and that it can be difficult to really know without relying on the judgment of a large group of unbiased folks, preferably those having a lot of experience with all sorts of fine meats.  

Ahem.

Conveniently... Cen-Tex has plans to attend Butt Blast later this spring.  Also conveniently, @lkapigian will also be coming, and I suspect, bringing some of his very best sausage.  

So all I ask my friends is that, if you are betting men, and your sausage is anywhere near as good as you think it is, that you allow a healthy sample of it to survive until April when it can potentially make a plane trip from TX to NC.  

Now if this burden is too much for any of you to bear we will all of course completely understand while also never letting any of you live it down.  TIA

Foghorn

Team NFA.  January 2020

20stone

Foghorn said:

northGAcock said:

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Yeah, that and about 850 sausage links (estimated) for sharing when it’s all done. 

What is this “sharing” you speak of. 

As for ButtBlast, maybe we should make a bunch on the spot, and see what’s what. 

northGAcock

20stone said:

Foghorn said:

northGAcock said:

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Yeah, that and about 850 sausage links (estimated) for sharing when it’s all done. 

What is this “sharing” you speak of. 

As for ButtBlast, maybe we should make a bunch on the spot, and see what’s what. 

Too much work......BB is for playing and eatin.

Foghorn

Eggcelsior said:

I’m am always sad to miss this, but that last pic might be the most Dad pic ever. Cargo shorts, comfortable shoes, and what I can assume is asking for directions on how not to get your beer drank by a bunch of a-holes in New Orleans.

@Eggcelsior, @20stone was the main instigator of that. And he’s here. And you’re not. 

Keep you beer close and your beer enemies closer. 

HogFather

JohnInCarolina said:

Foghorn said:

1) The beef merguez is the best sausage we’ve ever made. 

While I have no doubt that it is very good to excellent, I am somewhat skeptical that it can be anywhere near as good as some of the sausage that Larry @lkapigian has produced.  

But I am an exceptionally fair man as everyone here knows and I appreciate that this is fairly subjective, and that it can be difficult to really know without relying on the judgment of a large group of unbiased folks, preferably those having a lot of experience with all sorts of fine meats.  

Ahem.

Conveniently... Cen-Tex has plans to attend Butt Blast later this spring.  Also conveniently, @lkapigian will also be coming, and I suspect, bringing some of his very best sausage.  

So all I ask my friends is that, if you are betting men, and your sausage is anywhere near as good as you think it is, that you allow a healthy sample of it to survive until April when it can potentially make a plane trip from TX to NC.  

Now if this burden is too much for any of you to bear we will all of course completely understand while also never letting any of you live it down.  TIA

Fact.

Most of us have had Larry's meat in our mouths. It only seems fair that BB2020 goers taste your meat too

JohnInCarolina

northGAcock said:

20stone said:

Foghorn said:

northGAcock said:

SciAggie said:

@20stone @The Cen-Tex Smoker @caliking @northGAcock This kinda sets a high standard for egghead gatherings, eh?

Gathering, collaborating, laughing and a few adult beverages is what great lifein is all about. 

Yeah, that and about 850 sausage links (estimated) for sharing when it’s all done. 

What is this “sharing” you speak of. 

As for ButtBlast, maybe we should make a bunch on the spot, and see what’s what. 

Too much work......BB is for playing and eatin.

Well... it certainly is for some.

DoubleEgger

Love seeing eggheads getting together to do great things. 

Foghorn

Our host with my son, stuffing the last batch of beef merguez. The finish line is in sight. 

Foghorn

20stone bagging masala sausage. 

smokingal

Awesome.  Looks like a lot of fun is being had.

caliking

Very awesome. Y’all must be licked. 

I see Jason is doing the heavy lifting. As usual. 

20stone

80 lbs of masalawurst. A high point for cultural appropriation 

20stone

Wolfpack

I really need to move to TX

20stone

50 lbs of brats and 25 lbs of Texas beef (made of waygu brisket)

20stone

When a casing burst, you end up losing a link, you cut through it and tie off on either end. You have to squeeze out the sausage from the broken limb, so you can toss it back in the stuffer. 

It reminds us of the bar in “Roadhouse”

You’re welcome

Foghorn

caliking said:

Very awesome. Y’all must be licked. 

I see Jason is doing the heavy lifting. As usual. 

Yep. As it should be. You’re just jealous that your son isn’t old enough yet to do so. 

Foghorn

With our host. We gave him the honorary last bag with the 1000th link. We had 200 quart bags with 4 links each. We needed 50 (at least) free form vac seal bags to supplement. 

JohnInCarolina

1000 links holy moly.