Hot dog question for RH

[LPS]

Hi RH.  I am thinking of making some hot dogs.  I have the Curley's mix.  I am using a chub of ground beef and some ground pork from a hog I had butchered.  Do I have to regrind this meat or can I just mix with the seasonings let stand overnight and stuff?

[Reinhard]

If it's already ground, just mix in the ingredients well, cover with plastic cling wrap, and put it in the fridge overnight to MELD [lol].  Haven't used that word for awhile.  Good luck with it and let us know how they turned out.  I'll be making some summer this weekend for Christmas hand out's.  good luck.

[delcecchi]

Not RH but whatever.... Aren't hot dogs supposed to be "emulified"?   that is ground very fine? 

[Rebel SS]

Where do you come up with this stuff, Del?!   

[delcecchi]

Where do you come up with this stuff, Del?!   

From the recesses of my fevered brain.   Also from observing the texture of hot dogs bought in the store.....

[Reinhard]

Del most of your skinless hot dogs you buy and some fine ground skin on are emulsified.  Personally I do not like that texture but kids do for sure.  I only grind my meat once now.  I used to do it twice years ago.  A little courser ground gives the sausage better texture and flavor in my opinion.  Most of store bought sausage is ground more than once even when it's labled course.  Ambassador old fashion wieners are not bad for store bought.  good luck.

[Rebel SS]

Del most of your skinless hot dogs you buy and some fine ground skin on are emulsified.  Personally I do not like that texture but kids do for sure.  I only grind my meat once now.  I used to do it twice years ago.  A little courser ground gives the sausage better texture and flavor in my opinion.  Most of store bought sausage is ground more than once even when it's labled course.  Ambassador old fashion wieners are not bad for store bought.  good luck.

And THIS is ONE of the big reasons I can't eat store sausage anymore, after eating RH's!!! They have TEXTURE!!! Not like Alpo pumped into a tube!! 

[Rebel SS]

The only hot dogs I can eat are Schweigert Old-fashioned coarse ground...and now they've gotten worse.

[The General]

About the only hot dogs my kids will eat are venison dogs from the butcher.  They think the little yellow seeds are cheese.  Who am I to argue.

[Boar]

I to am doing theold fashioned wienners form curlys, weired how they reminde me og lenn, an old fashoned weinner.

[Reinhard]

Boar, one of these days try Curleys ring bologna seasoning.  i made them into rings and links and everyone thought it was the best hot dog they ever ate.  I like it in rings for a side dish.  good luck.

[Bobberineyes]

I gotta get me some of curlys products, been using a cross of lems and other recipes, which has been working but needs something else.

[Reinhard]

Bobber, I've been using Curley's for some time.  Not once have I only used their seasoning on their own.  I'm just that way.  It's just a great seasoning as a base and on their own it's good.  But part of being a sausage nut is adding stuff to compliment the seasoning to your tastes.  I use some of my own recipes also like my Swedish sausage, but it took me 2 years to get it right.  good luck. 

[LPS]

I have one ring of Curleys left.  SO I need to do that too.  RH I love Swedish Sausage so will be trying yours eventually.  I also did Curleys salami.  Man it kind of ruined me for sandwich meat.  It is great. My brothers always want me to bring another chunk of salami when having a get together.  Just ran out of that too.  It too was Curleys and is the one pound casings.  They worked fine. 

[Bobberineyes]

That's good to know Rh, although wether it's sticks or summer sausage garlic seems to be a big key I've noticed.

[Boar]

Boar, one of these days try Curleys ring bologna seasoning.  i made them into rings and links and everyone thought it was the best hot dog they ever ate.  I like it in rings for a side dish.  good luck.

thanks rieny, i havent use curlys ring seasoning yet, but i have done exactly whatnu said but with Owens bbq  red barn ring baloney seasoning. ive had people say that thats the best they ever had. those are my go to suppliers. curlys and owens bbq. awsome stuff. i must say tho owens seems to have a larger.selection.  the wisconson braut mix is outstanding.

[glenn57]

About the only hot dogs my kids will eat are venison dogs from the butcher.  They think the little yellow seeds are cheese.  Who am I to argue.

the only hot dogs I'll eat are from plantenbergs in Richmond. Good ole fashioned butcher shop. I got alot of people taking there venison there that used to think McDonald's in clear lake or Belgrade was the best. No more; there sticks also!

[Dotch]

All this weenie talk and suddenly glenn appears! 

Seriously, if I can get da boys to put the snow tires on the wife's car I should make a run to Morgan's for some weenies for the weekend. Got a hankerin' for some smomed/cured meats alla sudden. 

[Rebel SS]

Glenn's favorite toy when he was a kid was a weiner whistle.  Have weenie will travel.

[lovebigbluegills]

I do need to do a batch of old-fashioned weenies. I've got the seasonings (Curley's), just need to make the time to get them done.

For you guys that have done them, do you use the casings that came in the kit (collagen, I believe), or do you get sheep or lamb casings?

[glenn57]

Glenn's favorite toy when he was a kid was a weiner whistle.  Have weenie will travel.

ah go play wit yours!

[Rebel SS]

Glenn's favorite toy when he was a kid was a weiner whistle.  Have weenie will travel.

ah go play wit yours!

I'm gonna! I still have mine, and I'm not sharing! NYA!   *TOOT TOOT*   

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[Boar]

I do need to do a batch of old-fashioned weenies. I've got the seasonings (Curley's), just need to make the time to get them done.

For you guys that have done them, do you use the casings that came in the kit (collagen, I believe), or do you get sheep or lamb casings?

i would use the casing they come with, i thing ther memt to be striped off to eat. mine are clear, those cologen one might take alot of meat with. but what the heak if u use.hog casings the u have a nice big wiener to eat and that just went in a new direction didnt it.lmao

[Reinhard]

One thing about cologan casings is that are not friendly to twisting.  They have no memory so they do not hold the twist and also break doing it.  hot dogs normally are done with sheep casings, but i don't like working with those at all.  I'm with Boar and use hog casings.  I like a big link [was going to say wiener, but], it's like eating two of the little one's.  Ya, Bobber, garlic is the prominent ingredient that I ad to almost all my sausage.  I also add mustard seeds to things like polish, chili dogs, and tube sausage like summer ect. good luck.

[KEN W]

Yup......I also do what Reinhold does. Hot dog seasoning in hog casings. My family likes Ambassador hot dogs. All the seasonings I have tried, they always compare them to Ambassador's. I also like Red Barn Bologna seasoning as a hot dog recipe. But I get mine from PS Seasoning. They have by far the largest variety of seasonings to try.They have smaller quantities to try. So I don't wind up throwing a lot away if we don't like the seasoning. Plus PS has a chart on their website that breaks down each seasoning into 1 pound batches. So I can try a pound and see if I like it.

[Bobby Bass]

When I make conneys we always go to the butcher shop and request Snappers. hot dogs that snap when you bite into them, Maybe they are called something else but they make good coneys