Home made sausages

[Bamboo Grove]

Been thinking about trying to make my own sausages for sometime now. Recently the missus has started talking about wanting to make Thai style sausages so last Saturday I bought a meat grinder. Now I'd like to have tips that people have been using while doing their own sausages. I don't mean internet links but your own experiences, like how much fat should I use, what kind of casings are best etc.

P.S. there maybe another thread about this, can't remember for sure but just now I have to rush to work and can't check this. If so, this can be moved to that one or you can just direct me there. Thanks.

[Dannie Boy]

Been thinking about trying to make my own sausages for sometime now. Recently the missus has started talking about wanting to make Thai style sausages so last Saturday I bought a meat grinder. Now I'd like to have tips that people have been using while doing their own sausages. I don't mean internet links but your own experiences, like how much fat should I use, what kind of casings are best etc.

P.S. there maybe another thread about this, can't remember for sure but just now I have to rush to work and can't check this. If so, this can be moved to that one or you can just direct me there. Thanks.

I make my own sausages using a Kenwood Chef with mincer and sausage attachment. I buy the casings from the "Moo Shop" in HH - they are about 300 baht for a pack, but the amount you get is huge and what I did was to separate them into smaller lengths and freeze them - so far no problems with using the defrosted skins and then re-freezing the sausages. You can buy the minced pork from the Moo shop or Makro but the spice mixture I use comes from the UK, I buy sufficient spice mixture to make 25kg of sausages and normally buy two packs (currently using Cumberland and Traditional spice mixture) which is more than enough to last me a year. I put the minced pork through the medium grinder of my Kenwood and then add the spice mixture with breadcrumbs and some water to the mix and then it's ready for piping into the cases.

There are so many variations of spice/herb combinations, you could do some reading on the subject of ingredients and make your own varieties, although for the spice mixture that I use, it comes from a company http://www.sausagemaking.org - as well as sausage additives they do all sorts of things that should whet your appetite.

Not being very modest, but I think that my sausages are the best I have tasted in Thailand.

[Babylon]

Did you buy the Kenwood in Hua Hin? Or Bangkok,
I would be interested to know the details.
Or if someone has brought another machine around here?
Thanks.

[Arlo]

I would like to also know where a well built machine for making sausages can be purchased in hh. If not in hh then where would a good place be to look in bkk? I have read a bit about this and from what I gather an electric grinder is the way to go. Grinding by hand can get old quick. Any suggestions? Thanks

[Dannie Boy]

Did you buy the Kenwood in Hua Hin? Or Bangkok,
I would be interested to know the details.
Or if someone has brought another machine around here?
Thanks.

Before relocating to HH I was working in Abu Dhabi and bought it there and then shipped it out here, but I believe that they sell Kenwood Chefs at Pure Electric in HH but whether or not they sell the attachments I am not sure - call in and ask.

If you are going to make sausages in any quantity then I would definitely recommend an electric mincer and if you can find one with a sausage attachment then you will have struck gold.