I use a book called "Great Sausage Recipes And Meat Curing" by Rytek Kutas It is old school and maybe out dated, but it would be a good starter book. He likes to give, 10 lb./25lb./100lb. recipes His boudin 100 lb batch, spice recipe is : 2 lbs 1 oz salt 4.5 ozs. coarse black pepper 1/2 oz ground cloves 1/2 oz marjoram 1/2 oz cinnamon 1 oz ground tyme 40 ozs total 10 0unces of the above, is enough to season 25 pounds boudin. 10 lbs, use 4 oz His ingredients for 25 lbs boudin 7 lbs fat pork meat 9 lbs raw onions 9 lbs beef blood 1 oz prague powder #1 (cure) Onions should be chopped in small pieces and browned in lard :>), then cooled Grind meat in 3/8th grinder plate, near frozen Add cooled onions and spices and blood , then stuff in casings. Cook: in water 170-180 degrees till internal temp of 160F. Says , allow to cool overnight before serving I like his brats, never tried this tho. Brian |