I didn't even realize it was Canadian Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving! Y'all don't do turkey for Thanksgiving?

Thanks! Yes we almost always have Turkey for thanksgiving dinner. This year we decided to try this Mississippi roast recipe that my sister came across. We voted to do the roast this year. Easter and Christmas is Turkey, so it was a good change for once.

Fried Chicken Gizzards for Me ! Bob

Filipino food...gulonggong fish,rice,mushrooms.

The wife and I processed 40 pounds of venison-apple sausage patties this weekend and the kids showed up last evening to eat them.

Sausage patties on buns with the usual fixings; macaroni salad, potato salad, sour cream and onion chip dip...

And Boston Cream pie for dessert.

Got a recipe for that sausage Lug? Sounds really good!

Venison trimmings, whatever is not used for steaks or roasts, about 20% pork trimmings (pork fat) and one medium apple per pound of venison and pork combined. I run everything threw a coarse plate on my grinder, I like the texture better that the fine plate.

I have been trying to find out the ingredients in the seasoning mix I use for thirty years or more. It was originally developed by Woody Boyer after he came home from serving in the Marine Corps in WWII and started a general store. He no doubt mixed it up to use with the deer him and his buddies shot.

Here's a pic from back in the fifties of the front of the store with some of their deer. There was always a full service butcher there , smoke houses and all.



Anyhow, it's a well-guarded trade secret. I know there is coriander in it but the old butcher would never tell me what else or in what proportions. They finally fired him because he was a drunk and it was causing problems. The new butcher knew Woody, as did I, and I think I may be able to get him to reveal the secret ingredients. It might take me a few years but...

That is the only seasoning I've ever used in my sausage, it's what makes it so good.

Like I told the new butcher Saturday, if something happens to him and the secret lost, I'd be up the crick without a paddle!

You could try the venison, pork and apple ingredients with the seasoning of your choice. I'd recommend staying away from anything with sage in it though, there's none in the seasoning I use and I think that would ruin it.

Hmm... I wonder if it would be more similar to a breakfast sausage seasoning, italian seasoning, bratwurst? I'm not even sure you can find a breakfast sausage seasoning with no sage.

There's definitely no sage in it. I don't like sage and would know if it was in there. My wife is sure there's rosemary in it. So coriander and rosemary and....LOL.

Here's one with no sage but no coriander either.

No Sage Sausage Seasoning

Here's another:

Coiuntry Style Sausage Mix

I googled "sausage mix with no sage."

You could try googling "sausage seasoning with coriander."

Yeah, I think it's closer to a breakfast sausage mix.