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    Needing - Butcher/ Processing

    Any of you lads make your own sausages and patties and want to make some money? I’ve just got back from my brothers where I shot a young spiker wasn’t thinking about Christmas at all and none of the butchers or home kill places are taking any more orders for the year, any help would be appreciated
    I’ve got 21kgs of venison I was wanting turned into Sausages, mince, patties and steaks. I’ve boned the whole animal out already and packed all the meat in different bags.

    Also I’m in Rolleston (Canterbury)


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    we tried local butcher to see if he would stuff 15kg of sausages for us...we have done the rest,just need to poke into casings...he too busy so will be DIY again..... surely you can sort out the steak bit yourself.....break muscle down into individual bit...its like a log...trim off the bark/silverskin..then ring it up... steaks sorted.....mince the rest... job done..... patties you season etc on day....mince is primo in risottos.... you could roll pattie mix into skinless bangers.
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    Or just freeze it till next year it'll be fine to defrost and turn into bangers and patties
    That's what I do.....must have 50 odd kg of mince waiting to go and get made into sausages and patties
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    You don’t need to mince it to get it made into sausage later - just freeze in pieces.

    The guy out at burnham is good for sausages etc. did some tahr for me earlier in the year and they turned out great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
    Or just freeze it till next year it'll be fine to defrost and turn into bangers and patties
    That's what I do.....must have 50 odd kg of mince waiting to go and get made into sausages and patties
    Say what?!?
    I was always told it's a big no-no to refreeze meat. Or do you do a bit at a time and not freeze the sausies and patties?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    Say what?!?
    I was always told it's a big no-no to refreeze meat. Or do you do a bit at a time and not freeze the sausies and patties?
    It's absolutely fine, defrost, get it made into sausages and patties then re freeze.
    Have literally eaten over 100kg of meat processed this way it's not an issue, talk to your butcher I'm sure he'll tell you the same thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
    It's absolutely fine, defrost, get it made into sausages and patties then re freeze.
    Have literally eaten over 100kg of meat processed this way it's not an issue, talk to your butcher I'm sure he'll tell you the same thing.
    I am my butcher, so I never believe anything that dickhead says!

    Dr Google says it's okay, some sites say never but many others say it's fine if meat was thawed in a fridge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    I am my butcher, so I never believe anything that dickhead says!

    Dr Google says it's okay, some sites say never but many others say it's fine if meat was thawed in a fridge.
    I do all my own now too just not sausages, get them done by the butcher as I don't have the gear for it.
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    Thanks for the advice lads, I was on the fence with the whole freeze then defrost part too but I’ll just whack it in the freeEr till the new year


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    Say what?!?
    I was always told it's a big no-no to refreeze meat. Or do you do a bit at a time and not freeze the sausies and patties?
    As long as the meat is not fully thawed, that is it is kept below the temperature at which bacteria replicate you will be ok. Mince the meat with ice crystals present !
    Mince itself should not be thawed and re- frozen but bigger portions are ok. This is because mincing will spread bacteria from the surface of the meat (aerobe's) through the mince and also incorporate air, so the bacteria can really get going during the re- freeze and next thaw period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TianBotha View Post
    Thanks for the advice lads, I was on the fence with the whole freeze then defrost part too but I’ll just whack it in the freeEr till the new year


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    Take it frozen to the butcher. Like Moa Hunter says you then need to keep it cold, which they will do.

    I had fresh meat and the butcher told me to just dice it into chunks and freeze before bringing it in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7x64 View Post
    Take it frozen to the butcher. Like Moa Hunter says you then need to keep it cold, which they will do.

    I had fresh meat and the butcher told me to just dice it into chunks and freeze before bringing it in.
    Agree, take it in frozen the butcher will deal with it, reading my earlier post it could be interpreted that I was suggesting you defrost it before taking to the butcher. This is most certainly not what I was suggesting.
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    Gidday Tian.If you can be arsed trucking from Rolly to Nth Loburn, I,ve got a commercial 3 phase mincer that will do your 21kg in 2.763 seconds.Might cost you some cold ones

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    we stuffed 15kgs of snags tonight....took us a couple of hours but will be worth it....I have simple recipe that seems to work well for us...and decided to try a couple of kgs of some thing different KFB might well be the new thing....11 famous herbs n spices in twice the quantity for 6 bits of chook,chucked in to mince,half cup corn flour (Mrs glueten free) and splash of cider vinegar....tried a couple of meat balls and man were they good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    we stuffed 15kgs of snags tonight....took us a couple of hours but will be worth it....I have simple recipe that seems to work well for us...and decided to try a couple of kgs of some thing different KFB might well be the new thing....11 famous herbs n spices in twice the quantity for 6 bits of chook,chucked in to mince,half cup corn flour (Mrs glueten free) and splash of cider vinegar....tried a couple of meat balls and man were they good.
    try rice flour works a bit better and if you are wanting a chorizo taste use malt vinegar and chilli with a dash of garlic
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