I've had some requests to document how to make salami, so I actually took process pictures this time. So, here's a thread. Step 1: determine recipe, cut meat to grinder sized chunks and partially freeze. Step 2: grind meat and fat (if needed) and re-chill (34f) 1/?

I often wonder, when my christian friends on here ask for prayers, would they be offended if I said a prayer to my gods for them? I would assume so based on a lot of retweets and comments I see regarding my beliefs.

New England, you're next.

See, the first frame ruins the entire message if you understand anything about food preservation. traditionally made hot dogs can look exactly like the left hand sausage with no problem, and most sausages like the one on the right would have contained sodium nitrate and nitrite in the form of saltpeter hundreds of years ago through today. Nitrates and nitrites are good. They inhibit clostridium botulinum from producing the botulism toxin. Chemicals aren't always bad. A lot of times they are, but this is one area I believe in nuance over simplicity.

Every midterm election is the most important of our lifetime until the next general, until the next midterm. On and on as infinitum. Slowly marching toward total socialist control. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?