Here's a helpful tip for you when loading your casings on the stuffer, Find the open end of your casing and stick 2 of your fingers into the opening and spread it out a bit. Then start dipping the opening into you water 4 or 5 times getting a good amount into the casing. Now when you start loading the casing it'll slide right on. ( another tip is to load 3 or 4 casings at the beginning, cuts down on reloading and you're not fighting a dirty tip when starting a new casing). And keep your table wet so that your finished product doesn't start sticking and backing up on itself possibly causing a break.
Ive been a butcher for 36 yrs and u want to talk about UNSAVORY bits?? I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to buy ground beef unless I grind it or one of the 11 guys on my crew do. When I first started learning how to cut, I saw the OLD BUTCHERS, put stuff in burger that I would never dream of. I am TOTALLY about quality and pride in the product we, my crew, put it the counter. I will NEVER put anything in the counter I wouldn't sell to my mom or eat myself. I have recently retired from HEB after 26 yrs and I will shop nowhere else. They are all about being super clean, very high quality in meats brought in and great prices. They take care of their employees, their communities and their business from the bottom to the top.
I love the unsavory bits of meat because l grew up with it. Nothing was wasted and my family are farmers. But it is important to know how the animal is grown.
I fell down the YouTubing machine rabbit hole about 4 years ago and stumbled upon “How it’s made” for store bought hotdogs and wished I hadn’t. I had a craving for a hotdog today, now I’m looking for new kitchen appliances 😆. Thanx man.
To make it easier to load the casing onto the nozzle, first, in your sink, use the faucet to run some water through the casing, then load the casing onto the stuffer nozzle. This will also make it easier for the casing to slide off the nozzle when filling.
I sold hotdogs - Nathan's Famous All Beef - from my hotdog cart for two years; it was my absolute favorite career and a hell of a lotta work. But it ended late December of 2015 because my revenue wasn't quite there - just needed one more year - but feeding the wife and kids was more important than my dream. Your video has inspired me!
great video and technique. like you, i prefer LEM brand sheep casings. they're consistent and work great for snack sticks, but i don't like the smaller diameter for hot dogs. i've started using the cellulose with excellent results. i'd rather have the skinless than mess with collagen!
I was searching for ways someone with TMJ (temporomandibular) issues could eat more beef with less discomfort. You've explained all the variables, here. The more processing by the equipment, or level of emulsification, the smoother the product and less chewing for the person eating Thanks!.
LOL. yeah .. as with all things in life... If someone or something else processes anything you use, you won't have to process it as much.. because..get this! It's... Been processed already.
What an excellent video! I've never made my own sausages or hotdogs but this detailed video makes me think I can do it, and I love the idea that I can add, or not, any ingredients I choose. Thanks for taking the time to make this for us.
A common practice for emulsified sausages is to put grind through a food processor. Keep temps below 50°F (add crushed ice) to avoid fat from breaking/seperating.
@@weggy3 no. After you've began. 10-15% by weight of meat. An instant read thermometer is very helpful if not crucial. If it gets too warm the fat will seperate out. Also Xanthum gum (@ ~0.1%) will help bind the water of the ice.
Love your video. It doesn't not vary from the point of hotdog making (telling stories unrelated). I just wanted to learn about making my own hotdogs and this was great. Thank you.
You can also pre-cook them entirely or partially via smoker for some extra flavor in the final product. It also adds that nice red tint to the natural casings. This his how I did my last 12lb batch.
@@skylark4901Is this one of the bajillion of felonies we commit on a daily basis because we don't know that whatever it is that we're doing is illegal? 😂
I think store bought hot dogs are pink because on top of being emulsified, they are usually cured with nitrates and sometimes smoked. In the end, regardless of the differences, if it tastes like a delicious hot dog, the differences don't matter at all.
Sorry, to correct an incredibly common misunderstanding, they are cured with sodium nitrite [NOT nitrate] -- which is abundant in celery, beets and spinach. By the time the curing reaction is completed [before you eat it] it is no longer nitrite [or even nitrate], it is nitric oxide and nitrosamines. Nitric Oxide is actually good for your circulation. The nitrosamines are the 'dangerous' compound, though this has been considerably reduced by the USDA mandated addition of Sodium Ascorbate [vitamin C salt] in the curing process, which makes it far less carcinogenic. So much of the fear is old news... but yeah, don't eat bacon and ham and hotdogs every day. That would be stupid.
Interesting very different to how alot of other video show there process. We will have to give this method a try, we use achiote paste as part of our spice blend for colour and flavour when we make hotdogs. I think we also more tightly pack the casing than you do, as we apply pressure to slow the csing sliding off the horn, but we will give your method a try. I am curious why you did not use some prague powder #1? it is one exception we make to the natural herbs and spices. Thanks for the video, take care, God bless one and all.
Thanks Wolfman. The main reason I didn't use curing salt is because I didn't intend to smoke these. They didn't need to be cured. It would have likely helped the color get closer to the classic hot dog color, but for the way I was doing it here it's not necessary for food safety.
13:52 I gotta say I'm impressed with your explanations on " under this age categories!"😂. I'm old enough to remember the reel to reel ! My birth father had one for me to play with!!!😊
I'm v I pressed by how you explain spoken A2Z process to n understanding,no music n no disturbing fast move writing. I'm pleased n happy watching ur post from Tanga Tanzania,Wow supper ones.
Gary here from the UK, I baught a book called sausages of the world it helped me allot, Great product well though out and put together, plus great video very interesting and informative keep them coming thank you
🤣🤣🤣🤣 this video was recommended and on this cloudy Saturday morning I needed this humor!!! Nice to meet you! My friends call me Success! Thank you for this!!!! Blessings to you!
I made my first hot dogs like this using short ribs. Smoked them to 160 degrees. They were okay, but the texture was "powdery" after that, I bought the sodium nitrite to make them nice and pink, and stabilizers to try to make the texture more like a retail hot dog. Thats when I realized the need for ice, an emulsifier, and freezing cold water. Making dogs like the ones we buy is no easy task.
Short ribs are beef that’s why it’s powdery you really need to mix in pork and pork fat, or you can just use pork but pork is what gives it that delicious taste and texture, even big manufacturers have trouble with all beef hotdogs texture that don’t have the pork
Awesome. I think I will do this with deer. I have been searching for a hotdog recipe and possibility of doing them at home. This and bologna. Thank you so much for the video ❤🇺🇸
Awesome! And in regards to Koegels... if these dogs are even a close replica, I am all over it! Koegel viennas are the absolute best dogs on the planet in my book. Being a guy who is Michigan grown and now living in the South, I often order 10 lbs 3-4 times per year. It would be great to be able to make my own and save on the cost of shipping. Thanks for sharing brother. Cheers!
koegels or kowalski were both my favorite when I lived in Michigan. Occasionally, (rarely) I get some shipped to me near the west coast area !!!! It is interesting to consider making my own- - - - I have the equipment on hand, so- - ???? I will be trying out your recipe soon. I have several times diy polish sausage.
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Grew up in Detroit. My grandmother would buy nothing but Kowalski natural casing. I been in the south for 20 yrs now and I miss the influences up there.
Flush water through the casing. Then push meat out to the end of the fill tube and leave small amount of meat sticking out of tube. That will protect the casing while sliding it onto the tube and the residual amount of water in the casing acts as a lubricant.
I think the only time I eat hotdogs is if I'm at a ball park or the fair, so it wouldn't really pay for me to make these for myself. However, it would be fun to experiment once though! Always interesting videos, Great Lakes! God bless!
You know what you're doing! Good presentation. Thank You IMHO Lard makes for a better tasting sausage. Rendered lard & leaf lard are the way to go (again, my opinion) with leaf lard being the best tasting by a mile. Lard got a bad rep and has never recovered but if you look up the health facts you'll find lard is better than butter in some ways. Butter and lard both can be very tasty but the processed lard should be avoided because of taste and it's not very healthy. I like making my sausages (hot dogs too) with a combo of veal,, pork with less beef (which is technically a wiener, I guess) and leaf lard for taste and ease. Ask your butcher for it. Leaf Lard forever!
Great vlog! That is what we in Norway would call a Wienervurst. No smokeing? I spent a year in the UP as an exchange student way back in 1986/87.Keep up the good work. Greetings from Norway!
I really enjoyed watching your video! Very informative and the step by step process was absolutely great!!! Thanks so much! You now have a new subscriber!!!
You sure seem to love your grinding attachment. I usually skip that second grind and go straight to the stand mixer where I let it run until the sound it makes is just like a wet fart... Paste you say? Better than paste, - for me it needs to be the consistency of puree. Otherwise the bite is more like sausage.
Thank you for the video. I have mad lots of link sausage but never did make hot dogs and am hoping to make some now that I am supposedly retired. Because I am not a big fan of freezing hot dogs one of the ways I intend to preserve some of them is to pickle them just like you would baloney. I have done that several times with Koegels Viennas and have a jar in the fridge as I type this.
Only thing is store bought hotdogs are smoked as well. You could add some liquid smoke to make up for it but they are all smoked. Still look like they would be great as is for sure.
Hi Gary from the UK here grate video very interesting and informative keep them coming, I thought all sausages had ground bread or husk in them is that true.
Thanks Gary. A lot of sausages do use a binder of some sort. Sometimes potato starch, milk powder, bread crumbs, or various other things. I don't usually use a binder if I'm making "fresh" sausage.
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at home made hot dogs, I eat a lot of them but being on the low income side that usually means I buy bar s which as we all know is a meat like substance that may or may not be actual meat. I intend to do a venison and wild pig blend, was supposed to be 1/3 venison 1/3 wild pig 1/3 black bear but no bear this season. I’ve had bad luck using natural casing before in a bad brat attempt, they were full of holes out of the package. I will instead be using a plastic casing for a skinless dog and smoked to cook. I was looking at pre made seasoning kits but we actually have all the seasonings you used already. I will be emulsifying the meat with a champion juicer after a very slow grinding process on the kitchen aid meat grinder attachment. I do not possess a sausage stuffer so I have to use the stuffing attachment for the grinder. How does this recipe compare to store bought?
Venison and wild hog ought to make some nice franks. I think this recipe I use is really good, and with your method you should be able to make some good links. The stuffing attachment for the grinder will be a point of frustration for you, but it can work.
@@GreatLakesPrepping I hope, I used it before on the brat attempt and it was slow but I actually just replaced my plastic kitchen aid brand attachment with a metal knock off that has the proper stuff and it grinds faster so here’s hoping. Maybe after deer season I can pick up a stuffer and better meat grinder cheap on market place. That’s when we usually get hunting gear.
To put casings on the spout, do it with meat in the machine. Press a little out, and mold it into a cone at the tip of the spout. Then the casings go on evenly and easily.
Tip #3 for loading the casing, rinse then by putting a bit of water inside one end and work it through while the casing is in the bowl, it will "untwist" the casing so you are not fighting with the twists...
Wow just wow. Im picky bout my dogs and always by all beef ones cuz of it. Cant imagine or would want to make my own unless I had some pigs and cattle. Not an option for most people but keep on keepin on!
Thanks! Flash freezing in this context really just means laying it all out, like on a baking sheet, and letting it freeze for awhile uncovered. In this case, it's to harden them up so they don't squish or stick together when I vacuum seal and deep freeze them.
Great video, you covered everything for the home cook to be successful. I've cooked long enough to see ingredients and tell how it's going to taste. I was a chef and I cook a number of styles and I see videos and I know the recipe won't be good. Hot dog makers use red dye and curing salt, this you know. They say it's like cosmetics for the dog but that dye is the worst things. I'm subbing. I want to see what else you're up too...bravo!
Thanks for the quick reply, it'll be a couple months till I do it and find out if they survive canning but I'll let you know. My schtick is all about storage when the power goes out lol
If you're making "fresh" hot dogs like in this video (as opposed to cured hot dogs), then there is no real issue with that, from a food safety point of view. You can put anything into a sausage casing. But it can affect the texture if you have too much wet or mushy stuff in there (and you can end up with a mushy or mealy hot dog). Most people would mix dry seasonings in to avoid that, but I do have some sausage recipes that call for things like minced onion.
I don't think those are technically hot dogs. Hot dogs have nitrites that give them that pink color and flavor. Even the "uncured" hot dogs have nitrites from natural sources so they're sill cured with nitrites. Great video, I will try it the same way but using 0.25% pink salt 1 and waiting a day or two before cooking them to allow the cure to work.
If you had to substitute rabbit meat, which would you replace? The beef or the pork? I am thinking replacing the beef would be cheaper. Replacing pork might be better, th0. Thoughts?
If that's the only choice, definitely replace the beef. Because you need a lot of fat if you're going to use rabbit meat, and pork shoulder is going to provide more fat (generally). I've never done rabbit hot dogs though, so I can't say for certain. If I was doing rabbit sausage, I'd definitely add pork.
Great video. I like how you explained the whole process. Myself though if I make these( and there is a high probability I will) I'm going to go with a larger size dog. 10" and similar in diameter to a bratwurst. A giant dog. Have a great day 🌭🍻
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t experiment with a bigger (length and diameter) sized hot dog, you should for sure try it out. However, I was profoundly disappointed when I did that very thing. I figured, brats are possibly the best food ever invented, and hot dogs are close, so a brat-sized hot dog stands to be incredibly good. I was patting myself on the back throughout the process thinking about how people were going to beg me to open a restaurant or a food truck and thinking up clever names for it. The whole time thinking, I can’t believe that no one is as smart as me and hasn’t thought of this before. Then I tried them. They just aren’t that good. I can’t explain it but they just don’t scale well. The texture and the taste and the bun to meat ratio are just off and once you get much bigger than the standard size that we’re all used to, it’s just “off”. Maybe it’s something else I was missing but I tried a few different recipes and sizes and quietly threw away all of my clever logos that I had begun designing for my amazing giant hot dog empire. I hope that you’re more successful than I was!!
Us wogs use a little red wine / lemon slices with the intestines in water its said to be for flavour but really its an antibacterial thing from back a few hundred yrs ago
My cousin is a butcher and this is exactly how he taught me to make sausage! 🙏🏼
Here's a helpful tip for you when loading your casings on the stuffer, Find the open end of your casing and stick 2 of your fingers into the opening and spread it out a bit. Then start dipping the opening into you water 4 or 5 times getting a good amount into the casing. Now when you start loading the casing it'll slide right on. ( another tip is to load 3 or 4 casings at the beginning, cuts down on reloading and you're not fighting a dirty tip when starting a new casing). And keep your table wet so that your finished product doesn't start sticking and backing up on itself possibly causing a break.
Half-German here - these look SUPERB.
Another reason why I need to buy a sausage-making machine!
Ive been a butcher for 36 yrs and u want to talk about UNSAVORY bits?? I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to buy ground beef unless I grind it or one of the 11 guys on my crew do. When I first started learning how to cut, I saw the OLD BUTCHERS, put stuff in burger that I would never dream of. I am TOTALLY about quality and pride in the product we, my crew, put it the counter. I will NEVER put anything in the counter I wouldn't sell to my mom or eat myself. I have recently retired from HEB after 26 yrs and I will shop nowhere else. They are all about being super clean, very high quality in meats brought in and great prices. They take care of their employees, their communities and their business from the bottom to the top.
I now live in South Dakota but very much miss HEB in TX.
Never would have guessed this would end as an ad for heb
Respect the quality and standards
As a cook it would hurt me if some one ate at my place and got sick
I'd never cook again
I love the unsavory bits of meat because l grew up with it. Nothing was wasted and my family are farmers. But it is important to know how the animal is grown.
Whats HEB and where is it ? I'd try your guys product
The tape to streaming explanation cracked me up. Love the video
You forgot- you were supposed to make packages of 10 to go with the packages of 8 buns.
Hilarious but true
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Works out, if you buy 80
@@larrysurface534 now you're prepping!
The spare two are for the dog he doesn’t like the buns anyway
I fell down the YouTubing machine rabbit hole about 4 years ago and stumbled upon “How it’s made” for store bought hotdogs and wished I hadn’t. I had a craving for a hotdog today, now I’m looking for new kitchen appliances 😆. Thanx man.
It's easy to make it ourselves. And it's darn better.
@@veronical3135 yeah, nothing beats the locally sourced horse beak, doesn't compare with what those corporations substitute it with :grin:
Thank you so much! A healthier hot dog without the unnecessary additives. 😊
To make it easier to load the casing onto the nozzle, first, in your sink, use the faucet to run some water through the casing, then load the casing onto the stuffer nozzle. This will also make it easier for the casing to slide off the nozzle when filling.
Rule of thumb for cooking/poaching is 1 minute for each mm of casing diameter at ~180-5°F. Remove sausages at 160° .
I sold hotdogs - Nathan's Famous All Beef - from my hotdog cart for two years; it was my absolute favorite career and a hell of a lotta work. But it ended late December of 2015 because my revenue wasn't quite there - just needed one more year - but feeding the wife and kids was more important than my dream. Your video has inspired me!
do it. start your own brand! I think there would be a great market for healthy hot dogs.
great video and technique. like you, i prefer LEM brand sheep casings. they're consistent and work great for snack sticks, but i don't like the smaller diameter for hot dogs. i've started using the cellulose with excellent results. i'd rather have the skinless than mess with collagen!
I was searching for ways someone with TMJ (temporomandibular) issues could eat more beef with less discomfort. You've explained all the variables, here. The more processing by the equipment, or level of emulsification, the smoother the product and less chewing for the person eating Thanks!.
LOL. yeah .. as with all things in life... If someone or something else processes anything you use, you won't have to process it as much.. because..get this! It's... Been processed already.
Try a shake
Sorry to hear about the TMJ.
St. John Neuromuscular Massage Therapy worked for me.
What an excellent video! I've never made my own sausages or hotdogs but this detailed video makes me think I can do it, and I love the idea that I can add, or not, any ingredients I choose. Thanks for taking the time to make this for us.
Glad you liked it, thanks!
A common practice for emulsified sausages is to put grind through a food processor. Keep temps below 50°F (add crushed ice) to avoid fat from breaking/seperating.
do you add the ice to the meat directly before processing ?
@@weggy3before and during. And the pink comes from the smoking that they go through instead of boiling
@@sdivine13No you're talking!
No
@@weggy3 no. After you've began. 10-15% by weight of meat. An instant read thermometer is very helpful if not crucial.
If it gets too warm the fat will seperate out.
Also Xanthum gum (@ ~0.1%) will help bind the water of the ice.
Very nice recipe chef 👍👌👏and a fantastic tutorial. Thank you for your effort and A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY 🌞😎
Love your video. It doesn't not vary from the point of hotdog making (telling stories unrelated). I just wanted to learn about making my own hotdogs and this was great. Thank you.
Thanks Robert, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You can also pre-cook them entirely or partially via smoker for some extra flavor in the final product. It also adds that nice red tint to the natural casings. This his how I did my last 12lb batch.
How very interesting!
I'd bake my own buns to complete the deal...along w homemade mustard & fermented sauerkraut!
I'm not sure it's legal to both make your own hotdogs and your own buns...😀
@@skylark4901and you can get the chair for making your own sauerkraut
@@skylark4901 lol! It surely ought to be!
@@skylark4901Is this one of the bajillion of felonies we commit on a daily basis because we don't know that whatever it is that we're doing is illegal? 😂
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I think store bought hot dogs are pink because on top of being emulsified, they are usually cured with nitrates and sometimes smoked. In the end, regardless of the differences, if it tastes like a delicious hot dog, the differences don't matter at all.
Sorry, to correct an incredibly common misunderstanding, they are cured with sodium nitrite [NOT nitrate] -- which is abundant in celery, beets and spinach. By the time the curing reaction is completed [before you eat it] it is no longer nitrite [or even nitrate], it is nitric oxide and nitrosamines. Nitric Oxide is actually good for your circulation.
The nitrosamines are the 'dangerous' compound, though this has been considerably reduced by the USDA mandated addition of Sodium Ascorbate [vitamin C salt] in the curing process, which makes it far less carcinogenic.
So much of the fear is old news... but yeah, don't eat bacon and ham and hotdogs every day. That would be stupid.
Interesting very different to how alot of other video show there process. We will have to give this method a try, we use achiote paste as part of our spice blend for colour and flavour when we make hotdogs. I think we also more tightly pack the casing than you do, as we apply pressure to slow the csing sliding off the horn, but we will give your method a try. I am curious why you did not use some prague powder #1? it is one exception we make to the natural herbs and spices. Thanks for the video, take care, God bless one and all.
Thanks Wolfman. The main reason I didn't use curing salt is because I didn't intend to smoke these. They didn't need to be cured. It would have likely helped the color get closer to the classic hot dog color, but for the way I was doing it here it's not necessary for food safety.
13:52 I gotta say I'm impressed with your explanations on " under this age categories!"😂. I'm old enough to remember the reel to reel ! My birth father had one for me to play with!!!😊
I'm v I pressed by how you explain spoken A2Z process to n understanding,no music n no disturbing fast move writing. I'm pleased n happy watching ur post from Tanga Tanzania,Wow supper ones.
Thank you Herman, I appreciate your comment.
Gary here from the UK, I baught a book called sausages of the world it helped me allot, Great product well though out and put together, plus great video very interesting and informative keep them coming thank you
Very detailed and informative. Thank you!
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Ha, thanks friend!
I made my first hot dogs like this using short ribs. Smoked them to 160 degrees. They were okay, but the texture was "powdery" after that, I bought the sodium nitrite to make them nice and pink, and stabilizers to try to make the texture more like a retail hot dog. Thats when I realized the need for ice, an emulsifier, and freezing cold water. Making dogs like the ones we buy is no easy task.
I gave up making sausages, now i just grill the meat on a fire...
Short ribs are beef that’s why it’s powdery you really need to mix in pork and pork fat, or you can just use pork but pork is what gives it that delicious taste and texture, even big manufacturers have trouble with all beef hotdogs texture that don’t have the pork
Very good presentation. It is the very one that I will use to make hotdogs. Thank you.
Thanks Mike
You always amaze me with your creativity!! Never thought of homemade hot dogs! Great job!!
Thank you Irene!
Awesome. I think I will do this with deer. I have been searching for a hotdog recipe and possibility of doing them at home. This and bologna. Thank you so much for the video ❤🇺🇸
First time viewer... EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT! I'm a hotdog freak and now I won't be afraid to try making my own.
Thank you, Brian
Awesome! And in regards to Koegels... if these dogs are even a close replica, I am all over it! Koegel viennas are the absolute best dogs on the planet in my book. Being a guy who is Michigan grown and now living in the South, I often order 10 lbs 3-4 times per year. It would be great to be able to make my own and save on the cost of shipping. Thanks for sharing brother. Cheers!
Thanks. The taste and snap are similar. Though I need to emulsify the meat more thoroughly to get the texture closer.
Living in Michigan I totally agree Koegels are by far the best ever made.
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Grew up in Detroit. My grandmother would buy nothing but Kowalski natural casing. I been in the south for 20 yrs now and I miss the influences up there.
Brilliant video, thank you
outstanding job Sir! outstanding. I am inspired to finally get all the equiptment and do dogs and sausages
Thanks! It's all pretty straightforward when ya boil it down to "mix spices with ground meat and shove into tubes!"
Flush water through the casing. Then push meat out to the end of the fill tube and leave small amount of meat sticking out of tube. That will protect the casing while sliding it onto the tube and the residual amount of water in the casing acts as a lubricant.
I would never ever know how to do what you have shown me here. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
I think the only time I eat hotdogs is if I'm at a ball park or the fair, so it wouldn't really pay for me to make these for myself. However, it would be fun to experiment once though! Always interesting videos, Great Lakes! God bless!
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Records 78, 33 1/3, 45's, 8 track, cassettes, when did I get old?
So you can add little beets juice for color , I made ones bologna like that ,not bad .
Great channel my friend ! Cheers from Quebec !
Thanks!
Thank you for this hot dog making. Learned a lot and believe me I am going to try and make some..👍😃
Thank you for sharing your video, I have been thinking lately about making some homemade sausages and that’s how I found you.
You know what you're doing! Good presentation. Thank You
IMHO Lard makes for a better tasting sausage. Rendered lard & leaf lard are the way to go (again, my opinion) with leaf lard being the best tasting by a mile. Lard got a bad rep and has never recovered but if you look up the health facts you'll find lard is better than butter in some ways. Butter and lard both can be very tasty but the processed lard should be avoided because of taste and it's not very healthy. I like making my sausages (hot dogs too) with a combo of veal,, pork with less beef (which is technically a wiener, I guess) and leaf lard for taste and ease. Ask your butcher for it. Leaf Lard forever!
Great vlog! That is what we in Norway would call a Wienervurst. No smokeing? I spent a year in the UP as an exchange student way back in 1986/87.Keep up the good work. Greetings from Norway!
Northern, Tech or Suomi?
I really enjoyed watching your video! Very informative and the step by step process was absolutely great!!! Thanks so much! You now have a new subscriber!!!
Thanks Jesse, glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Very informative, Love it.
thanks for the tutorial, well done
Thank you Mark
I enjoyed your video, it was very informative.
Thank you
Good video and good recipe.
Great tutorial!
dawg i just listened to this dude ramble for like 10 minutes while making what felt like a 30 foot long sausage link
Annatto (anchoite) powder can/is used as a colorant. Adds a slight nutmeggy flavor too.
I was thinking paprika.
@@downandout992 Beet root could work too
You sure seem to love your grinding attachment. I usually skip that second grind and go straight to the stand mixer where I let it run until the sound it makes is just like a wet fart... Paste you say? Better than paste, - for me it needs to be the consistency of puree. Otherwise the bite is more like sausage.
16:53 - Is that teflon burning?
As for coloring, you could use some beet juice to make them store-pink
Not teflon burning. Just smoke from the grease dripping.
@@GreatLakesPreppingAhh, ok. It just looks like a teflon pan and it gave me the idea that it is teflon that is burning :)
Thank you for the video. I have mad lots of link sausage but never did make hot dogs and am hoping to make some now that I am supposedly retired. Because I am not a big fan of freezing hot dogs one of the ways I intend to preserve some of them is to pickle them just like you would baloney. I have done that several times with Koegels Viennas and have a jar in the fridge as I type this.
Thank you. This video was very much appreciated.
Only thing is store bought hotdogs are smoked as well. You could add some liquid smoke to make up for it but they are all smoked. Still look like they would be great as is for sure.
Hi Gary from the UK here grate video very interesting and informative keep them coming, I thought all sausages had ground bread or husk in them is that true.
Thanks Gary. A lot of sausages do use a binder of some sort. Sometimes potato starch, milk powder, bread crumbs, or various other things. I don't usually use a binder if I'm making "fresh" sausage.
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at home made hot dogs, I eat a lot of them but being on the low income side that usually means I buy bar s which as we all know is a meat like substance that may or may not be actual meat. I intend to do a venison and wild pig blend, was supposed to be 1/3 venison 1/3 wild pig 1/3 black bear but no bear this season. I’ve had bad luck using natural casing before in a bad brat attempt, they were full of holes out of the package. I will instead be using a plastic casing for a skinless dog and smoked to cook. I was looking at pre made seasoning kits but we actually have all the seasonings you used already. I will be emulsifying the meat with a champion juicer after a very slow grinding process on the kitchen aid meat grinder attachment. I do not possess a sausage stuffer so I have to use the stuffing attachment for the grinder. How does this recipe compare to store bought?
Venison and wild hog ought to make some nice franks. I think this recipe I use is really good, and with your method you should be able to make some good links. The stuffing attachment for the grinder will be a point of frustration for you, but it can work.
@@GreatLakesPrepping I hope, I used it before on the brat attempt and it was slow but I actually just replaced my plastic kitchen aid brand attachment with a metal knock off that has the proper stuff and it grinds faster so here’s hoping. Maybe after deer season I can pick up a stuffer and better meat grinder cheap on market place. That’s when we usually get hunting gear.
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To put casings on the spout, do it with meat in the machine. Press a little out, and mold it into a cone at the tip of the spout. Then the casings go on evenly and easily.
Good Job Buddy... I could live on Hot Dogs... I Appreciate the Effort...
Fantastic video. Thanks!
I like to crank with my right hand too. We can relate
Tip #3 for loading the casing, rinse then by putting a bit of water inside one end and work it through while the casing is in the bowl, it will "untwist" the casing so you are not fighting with the twists...
Great video. I'll purchase one of those machines to experience the real deal.
You lost me at "It's winter and my grill is put away"...🤣
There was 3 feet of snow outside! Couldn't even get the garage door open
Well done mister
Thank you for this. I just found your channel. For sure subscribed. Thanks again.
Wow just wow. Im picky bout my dogs and always by all beef ones cuz of it. Cant imagine or would want to make my own unless I had some pigs and cattle. Not an option for most people but keep on keepin on!
Thank you, I wondered about that. I also loved your music analogy!
Question: How does flash freezing differ from freezing?
Thanks! Flash freezing in this context really just means laying it all out, like on a baking sheet, and letting it freeze for awhile uncovered. In this case, it's to harden them up so they don't squish or stick together when I vacuum seal and deep freeze them.
Great video, well done
I'm impressed.
Great video, you covered everything for the home cook to be successful. I've cooked long enough to see ingredients and tell how it's going to taste. I was a chef and I cook a number of styles and I see videos and I know the recipe won't be good. Hot dog makers use red dye and curing salt, this you know. They say it's like cosmetics for the dog but that dye is the worst things. I'm subbing. I want to see what else you're up too...bravo!
Thanks Guy, I appreciate your comment. I hope you have the chance to click around my channel and see some of the other things I've been making!
Bravo Dude !!!!!
If im going to can these, would i just rawpack and pressure can?
I've never canned hot dogs before, but they would surely need to be pressure canned.
Thanks for the quick reply, it'll be a couple months till I do it and find out if they survive canning but I'll let you know. My schtick is all about storage when the power goes out lol
Odd question: is there any reason to Not stuff mustard, onion, and relish into the casing with the meat? Will it cause any issues?
If you're making "fresh" hot dogs like in this video (as opposed to cured hot dogs), then there is no real issue with that, from a food safety point of view. You can put anything into a sausage casing. But it can affect the texture if you have too much wet or mushy stuff in there (and you can end up with a mushy or mealy hot dog). Most people would mix dry seasonings in to avoid that, but I do have some sausage recipes that call for things like minced onion.
Great video.
your seasonings list i didn't see how much of each seasoning need for this recipe ??
The measurements are right there in the list in the video description. Pounds, teaspoons, Tablespoons.
This is great who doesn't like good hotdogs? I bet Joey Chestnut would love these!
I don't think those are technically hot dogs. Hot dogs have nitrites that give them that pink color and flavor. Even the "uncured" hot dogs have nitrites from natural sources so they're sill cured with nitrites. Great video, I will try it the same way but using 0.25% pink salt 1 and waiting a day or two before cooking them to allow the cure to work.
The pink color comes from food coloring which causes cancers!
Great video. I recently retired and am looking for new things to try. Thank you for all the info.
Thanks Dan, you're welcome
Good job my man, word of warning if that is a Teflon coated pan you shouldn't get it beyond certain temperature otherwise it releases toxic smoke.
Thanks. Someone else asked about the smoking pan too. It's just some grease from the hot dog dripping down onto the pan. That's what's smoking.
Try them with Mac n cheese or beans and franks. They look great. John T.
Thanks John
If you had to substitute rabbit meat, which would you replace? The beef or the pork? I am thinking replacing the beef would be cheaper. Replacing pork might be better, th0.
Thoughts?
If that's the only choice, definitely replace the beef. Because you need a lot of fat if you're going to use rabbit meat, and pork shoulder is going to provide more fat (generally). I've never done rabbit hot dogs though, so I can't say for certain. If I was doing rabbit sausage, I'd definitely add pork.
Very nice good job 👍
You could grind a second time, through the fine plate. You might also try annatto for colouring it closer to the store.
Thx i always wanted to know how hotdogs were made.
Lol the reel of tape comment got me!! 😆😂
Short n sweet .. This would have Been awesome for a kid in chicagoland.. Move over I need to find the Wild pickles
Hey a good tip run a slice of bread through grinder when done and it gets all the meat out and there is no waste I hope it helps
Have you ever tried a slow low smoke to cook them a little before packaging?
Wow, this is very interesting.
Great video. I like how you explained the whole process. Myself though if I make these( and there is a high probability I will) I'm going to go with a larger size dog. 10" and similar in diameter to a bratwurst. A giant dog. Have a great day 🌭🍻
I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t experiment with a bigger (length and diameter) sized hot dog, you should for sure try it out. However, I was profoundly disappointed when I did that very thing. I figured, brats are possibly the best food ever invented, and hot dogs are close, so a brat-sized hot dog stands to be incredibly good. I was patting myself on the back throughout the process thinking about how people were going to beg me to open a restaurant or a food truck and thinking up clever names for it. The whole time thinking, I can’t believe that no one is as smart as me and hasn’t thought of this before. Then I tried them. They just aren’t that good. I can’t explain it but they just don’t scale well. The texture and the taste and the bun to meat ratio are just off and once you get much bigger than the standard size that we’re all used to, it’s just “off”. Maybe it’s something else I was missing but I tried a few different recipes and sizes and quietly threw away all of my clever logos that I had begun designing for my amazing giant hot dog empire. I hope that you’re more successful than I was!!
😂a reel to reel it sure is. Great video!
Thanks Jen!
And they don’t know what the pencil ✏️ is for on a cassette tape 😂
Try pushing the plunger down a bit so the meat just starts to come out. This will lubricate the inside of the casings and they will be easier to load.
Us wogs use a little red wine / lemon slices with the intestines in water its said to be for flavour but really its an antibacterial thing from back a few hundred yrs ago
I haven't made hot dogs since lcb. It's about time yo!