Unstuffed Smoked Beef Sticks

[curious aardvark]

Don't know how I missed this:
All of my ground meat products are just Meat, Spices & cure.

If I want meat with filler in it, I'll buy it at a store.


Bear

lol I see your point - but you're definitely missing rich's

The purpose of oats in meat mixes is to hold moisture in the mix - I can absolutely guarentee that you don't need to use enough to ever be noticed by anyone, ever !
But when you cook it you don't get any moisture or fat loss. This prevents your sausage from ever having a crumbly or 'dry' texture.

I use a small handful - approx 1/3 cup for 3lb of meat.
You don't see oats in the finished product, you can't taste them and for all intents and purposes they're not there. But you do end up with a better sausage.

Might even improve on the best beefsticks that anyone's ever tasted

How can you pass comment until you've tried it ?

[Bearcarver]

lol I see your point - but you're definitely missing rich's

The purpose of oats in meat mixes is to hold moisture in the mix - I can absolutely guarentee that you don't need to use enough to ever be noticed by anyone, ever !
But when you cook it you don't get any moisture or fat loss. This prevents your sausage from ever having a crumbly or 'dry' texture.

I use a small handful - approx 1/3 cup for 3lb of meat.
You don't see oats in the finished product, you can't taste them and for all intents and purposes they're not there. But you do end up with a better sausage.

Might even improve on the best beefsticks that anyone's ever tasted

How can you pass comment until you've tried it ?

CA, I didn't say you weren't allowed to use Oats.
How can you say it needs it if you never tried them without additives.

Make some yourself---Add Oats or whatever----Then call them CA's Beef & Oats sticks. I'll keep making Beef Sticks.

I promise I won't go on your "Beef & Oats Sticks" thread, and tell you not to use Oats.


Bear

[ExhaustedSpark]

I agree with everyone. With me iit is stricktly mental or lack there of.
We were so poor we did not know it.
My ma believed that if a cup of oats was good 2 cups were better.

[RowdyRay]

I agree with everyone. With me iit is stricktly mental or lack there of.
We were so poor we did not know it.
My ma believed that if a cup of oats was good 2 cups were better.

Hehe. I hear ya. I'm the oldest of six. Dad was self employed. Didn't realize we were poor until I reached my teens. Mom added all sorts of things to "stretch" ground beef. Butt....we never went hungry. Ever.

These days, I'm considered poor. Don't add things to "stretch" it. It's for retaining moisture and better texture. More of an experiment. Always looking to improve my sausage.

Sorry Bear, didn't mean to derail your great recipe. It's an excellent way for folks to get started. Started many years ago using Grandma LaMure's mixes and ground venison. No fillers, just rolled logs, cooked in the oven. You have to start somewhere. Lol.

[Bearcarver]

These days, I'm considered poor. Don't add things to "stretch" it. It's for retaining moisture and better texture. More of an experiment. Always looking to improve my sausage.

Sorry Bear, didn't mean to derail your great recipe. It's an excellent way for folks to get started. Started many years ago using Grandma LaMure's mixes and ground venison. No fillers, just rolled logs, cooked in the oven. You have to start somewhere. Lol.

You want to improve it, Lose the skins, and the filler.

Keep the Meat, Spices, and Smoke.


Bear