# I done got me a sausage stuffer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499 "2010-03-31T21:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/21 "2010-04-02T20:00:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I haven’t, but I’ve always kinda wanted to learn so I could make them in the shape of balloon animals; invite a few folks 'round for dinner and have a sausage poodle turning on a spit over the barbecue. Thanks for that wonderful image. I’d love to hire you to write a film just to put that scene in it. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/22 "2010-04-02T20:13:43Z")
To follow up on my own post, my local Mexican grocery makes their own (excellent) chorizo, and it’s in multi-foot long tubes, with no links. I think three pounds should be enough for a poodle. I have to do this now. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/23 "2010-04-02T21:00:52Z")
> [@Improvisor](#): > > I recommend making your own Mexican Chorizo. The stuff you buy in the store is usually really low-grade pork meat and glands and organs. But you can make your own with pork loin and pork shoulder. It is delightful. I just made some following Rick Bayless’s recipe a couple of weeks ago and they are awesome. > Seinfeld laughs: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUP1wsmqUU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUP1wsmqUU) Chorizo is definitely in the plans. I couldn’t find a specific Rick Bayless chorizo recipe online, though; got a link? ---
**Author:** ![Improvisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Improvisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improvisor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/24 "2010-04-02T22:59:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Chorizo is definitely in the plans. I couldn’t find a specific Rick Bayless chorizo recipe online, though; got a link? Yeah, I couldn’t find it online either. It is in this book, though: > **[Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico: Bayless, Rick:...](https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Mexican-20th-Anniversary-Ed/dp/0061373265)** > > Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico \[Bayless, Rick\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico I’m sure you could pop down to your local mega-bookstore and take a quick peek at it. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/25 "2010-04-03T12:49:28Z")
I haven’t made Bayless’s Chorizo, but I’ve made Ruhlman’s from [Charcuterie](http://www.amazon.com/Charcuterie-Craft-Salting-Smoking-Curing/dp/0393058298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270298782&sr=8-1) and it’s delicious. Here’s the recipe: 5 pounds pork shoulder butt, diced 1.5 ounces kosher salt 2 T. Ancho chile powder 1 T. hot paprika 1 T. Chipotle powder (or cayenne) 1 T. minced garlic 1 t. black pepper 1 T. fresh oregano or 1 t. dried .5 t. ground cumin 3 T. tequila 3 T. wine vinegar 10 feet hog casings I’m not going to type out the directions since they’re pretty much standard sausage making - grind everything but the tequila/vinegar together, put it in the mixer with the tequila/vinegar, mix w/paddle attachment, stuff into casings. It’s REALLY good. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/26 "2010-04-03T23:41:42Z")
Thanks, Athena. Is tequila a typical ingredient in chorizo? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/27 "2010-04-04T00:55:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Is tequila a typical ingredient in chorizo? No clue. This is the only chorizo I’ve ever made from scratch. But doesn’t everything taste better with tequila? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/28 "2010-04-04T17:08:30Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > No clue. This is the only chorizo I’ve ever made from scratch. But doesn’t everything taste better with tequila? 😃 So the tequila goes in the _sausage_, then. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499/29 "2010-04-04T18:06:17Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > So the tequila goes in the _sausage_, then. Why choose? Put it in everything, including yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-done-got-me-a-sausage-stuffer/534499.md?page=1)