Bologna what would you do??
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Im thinking about doing a 10lb chub of bologna this weekend. My bologna seasonings and casings will be here today from Waltons. Prolly going to do 50/50 venison pork butt since my butcher is out of pork fat at the moment. I really want this to have the texture and mouth feel of store bought bologna.
Question on thermal processing: The last batch of bambi dogs came out with a rubbery exterior and awesome interior. These were smoked to 130f and finished in sous vide. I have hickory powder so was thinking of skipping the smoker all together and cooking sous vide only stepping up the water temp the same as if in a smoker. Should I smoke at least for an hour or two to “set” the meat then sous vide? I definitely don’t want rubbery like the dogs turned out. Thoughts? Bubba
Question on meat block: meat block will be 50/50 venison to pork butt or maybe boneless skinless chicken thighs. I have packages of 100% venison and also packages of 80/20 venison pork fat. Which should I use with the added pork butt or chicken. I do want either pork butt or chicken thighs for 50% of the mix to extend my limited venison supply.
100% venison and pork butt = 25% fat content
80/20 venison and pork butt = 45% fat content
Chicken fat unknown…
The idea of chicken really intrigues me.
Thoughts? Thx Bubba -
Recently did lebanon baloney, 1/2 elk 1/2 pork shoulder. Went sous vide from start to finish since the giant Chubs wouldn’t fit in the smoker. Didn’t want a smoke taste anyway. Worked well. I plan to try regular bologna one day.
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I had a question about your ingredient list where you show 80/20 venison and pork butt as coming in at 45% fat content? That just seems like a high fat percentage for that combination of ingredients unless you add some extra fat.
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processhead my deer butcher adds 20% pork fat at time of butcher. I figure deer at 5% naturally. Just a guess on that one. Pork butt is 80/20.
Maybe my math is wrong. Never been my strong suit… -
peterb said in Bologna what would you do??:
Recently did lebanon baloney, 1/2 elk 1/2 pork shoulder. Went sous vide from start to finish since the giant Chubs wouldn’t fit in the smoker. Didn’t want a smoke taste anyway. Worked well. I plan to try regular bologna one day.
May I ask your process. Temp schedule/ time. Thx
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Yep can’t add percentages. My kid just told me it is 22.5% fat content not 45% forgot to divide b 2. I’m a sausage making idiot!! Ha ha
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