RicelandMeadows

March 30, 2016

Monday was a cold wet day. I decided it would be a good time to make a few batches of sausage and smoked items. Today is Thursday and I am finally finishing those tasks. I over extended myself a little! I think it is worth it. The Cheddar wurst in the photo tasted real good with a bowl of soup today at lunchtime.

It wouldn’t have been so bad, this week, but I should have just picked one favorite thing. I could have made that one product, cleaned up and waited until next time. Nope! I made five different things. Each thing required a different cook and smoke cycle time. It’s fun for me…and it’s a darn good thing!

Today, as I was finishing up a batch of snack sticks, my wife came out to check on me. Maybe she came out to take pity on me, I’m not sure. She pitched in and helped wrap and bag up all the lunch meat. Then she jumped right in to the day’s clean up job. By the time I was pulling the cooked snacks out of the smokehouse, she was turning off the water in the big sink. The work was done. The clean up was done. I guess she did marry me for better or wurst!