I decided that I needed to make some kind of sausage since it was going to be a 'cooler day/only 85 degs F'.
I made a 5# batch of Slim Jim's, I'll keep a bit but 99% of it'll go to the kids and their families.
The casings started to break when I first started and I think they are getting old so I didn't try to stuff them too full so I got a lot of 'wrinklies' but it does taste pretty good.
I used the smoke tube and filled it 1/2 full with hickory pellets and it smoked for a bit over 2 hours. I then finished them using my heat source in the smoker.
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No pics but it's all cut to length, vacuum packed, in the fridge and ready to take over to the kids tomorrow. :tu