Pork cushion for sausage?

[Courser]

Does anybody here grind up pork cushion for sausage? I assume it will work pretty well. They opened a Restaurant Depot here and I finally got there to look around. Picked up 12 lbs of pork cushion and a few other things.

[jwbtulsa]

haha ...pork cushion. that's what I should have called my ex-wife....

[Mark R]

It's been quite a while, seems like I remember it having a lot of connective tissue, sinew in it. Not positive but I went back to pork butt.

[Texas-Hunter]

Your good to go, pork cushion meat comes from a pork shoulder picnic which is cost effective, but it contains more fat than other cuts.

[Courser]

Your good to go, pork cushion meat comes from a pork shoulder picnic which is cost effective, but it contains more fat than other cuts.

Gonna give it a shot in the morning. We'll see how it turns out.

[strength_and_power]

It's been quite a while, seems like I remember it having a lot of connective tissue, sinew in it. Not positive but I went back to pork butt.

I want to say this was my experience as well.


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[curious aardvark]

never heard of it, but it's pig - so should work

[HawgHeaven]

Pork cushion. Hmmmm, never seen it around here.

[nickelmore]

I have used it and works fine. What did you pay per pound? it is usually the same price or slightly higher than a whole butt.

[Courser]

I have used it and works fine. What did you pay per pound? it is usually the same price or slightly higher than a whole butt.

This was about a $.15 cheaper. I got it because it was boneless...and hell, I like the name! Thought since it's just another part of the shoulder it should work fine.
Thought I might like to use some of it for carnitas too.

[Courser]

Update: Got the breakfast sausage made from the pork cushion. I used 7 of the 12 lbs for a JD clone. Stuffed in sheep casing. Ground it all and froze the remainder to put in some sticks. The sausage turned out great.
Oh...the other bags are some bean soup from a ham bone that was hanging out in the freezer.

[DanMcG]

How was the fat content? Ken mentioned it's a little fattier then a butt, but I thought the cut was lower in fat. I've never seen one for sale around here.

[Courser]

How was the fat content? Ken mentioned it's a little fattier then a butt, but I thought the cut was lower in fat. I've never seen one for sale around here.

The ones I got were leaner than butt. There was q fair amount of connective tissue but I ground it nearly frozen so it ground really easily. My biggest problem was I should've add water when I stuffed. The mix was a little tight and it blew out the sheep casing. I'll get the hang of it one of these days.

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