Pressure Canning & Freeze Drying Sausage

Preserving fresh sausage is a way of increasing our family food security and adding more versatility to our food storage. In the event of a grid down situation that lasts a long time, we will be very grateful to have a variety of meats on our pantry shelf ready for meal preparation. Both ways of preserving sausage yield a delicious result.

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[treasurespastnpresen]

Before Mom had a deep freezer, she would have me making and frying sausage patties starting when I was eight years old. We almost always with Dad's help butcher a hog late fall every year. We had a cast iron hand grinder to grind sausage. It took all hands on deck. Dad did most of the actual butchering and the curing the bacon and any cured ham. I wasn't allowed to use a knife much yet but I could help grind meat and fry the sausage and help cut up fat to make lard. Also help take care of my younger siblings. It was always a very long day but I remember always enjoying preserving it.

[cfitzgerald.]

Thank you for this video. When you first mentioned the up coming sausage canning session, my husband and I looked for sausage on sale, and bought 16 lbs! Thank you for giving us more ways to improve our food storage . I can’t wait for the cookbook. Eternally thankful.

[PeeWeeNututube]

Thank you for this tutorial.
My family really likes sausage but most breakfast sausage has MSG. I finally found a spice mix for breakfast sausage without MSG but it makes 20 pounds!!!
I have a profound respect for our ancestors after today's endeavor. I bought 24 pounds of pork butt and shoulder to grind using my Kitchen Aid mixer's grinder. I started at 10 a.m.. It is now 8:17 p.m.. The canner is processing per your instructions. Ten pounds of ground and 10 pounds of patties. I'm exhausted and that's with all the modern gadgets!
My grandmother had 13 children to feed plus farm hands, along with home and farm chores. As tired as I am from only making sausage, I honestly don't know how our ancestors did all of it!
Blessings on you both. Again thank you for all your tutorials!

[suseyq]

As a late comer to this particular video, I plan to add sausage and hamburger to my supply. I appreciate each and every video you and your husband design. I can’t thank you enough for the hours and hours of prep work that you perform prior to each taping. My pantry had quite a few supplies but, after watching each video, I make that particular lesson as you describe it. Even though I’m a long time canner, I’ve learned so much. I happened to make some more ghee today. I love it! My pantry continues to fill up!

[bernadettespilchen]

Using the canning lid band as a sizer for the patties is brilliant! No guess work involved.

[bonniesteffens]

I tell all my patients about you because you emphasize food safety as well as security. I can’t wait for the Pam and Cindy book!!!

[countrystyle]

Love the science tidbits. Always learn so much. You're awesome, thank you, Pam and Jim

[samanthasullivan]

Beautiful glass sheen on that cast iron!

[Brineytoes]

I will definitely can some sausage patties! Today, however, I had a freezer failure so I browned, crumbled ground beef and canned it. A catastrophe turned into no big deal! Meat kept in the bottom freezer drawer stayed frozen, so we just moved it to the refrigerator’s big freezer. I had thawed bags of mixed berries, and that was made into jam. I have lost NOTHING, thanks to having canning skills! I know jars are heavy to take camping, but I will take a couple for a fast meal when we are too tired to cook. Heat and eat from the pantry is my kind of fast food! Thanks for the demo; I have not canned any meat patties yet, but I sure will soon!

[danipeters]

Brilliant! I loved the trick of forming them in the canning ring so they were the perfect size to fit in the jar! Definitely going to can some sausage!

[iknowheis]

Nice to meet Jim and I saw Pam twinkle at him! Great video! I am learning so much!

[MQ-cwqx]

I love the canning ring shaping tip. Thanks. I just got 120 lbs. of sweet potatoes which I like to bake before I cube and can. So, while they are baking, I will be canning sausage, which I found on sale while I was picking up the potatoes. No, I will not be canning the whole lot of sweets, just one or two canner loads today, depending on my energy and ambition. At least half of the poundage will be stored for fresh eating. And--I will definitely be on the lookout for sausage on sale. It is just the two of us, so I will be canning most of the crumbles in 8 oz. jars for sausage gravy or to put in soups.
My favorite way to use the canned sweets is to put a quart, liquid and all, into the blender, add three to five eggs, depending on their size, one can of sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spices, a dash of black pepper and salt, and bake. Not really on today's topic, but I wanted to add this while I was thinking of it...LOL

[suzieblair]

Y'all are just the cutest couple! Thank you for the video.

[KatD]

I love that you pulled your phone out from your back pocket. That could have been my 10 year old granddaughter, my daughter, or me. Love your videos and I love you and your family! Please keep the videos coming!

[lmullens]

Yay! So fun to see Jim do the taste test with you. 💕❤️💕 You all are a sweet couple & it’s nice to see you guys smiling! Seems like food security and emergency preparedness makes my eyebrows scrunch, but you guys make it more fun and entertaining!!!

[-God-Truth-Life-Forever]

Mr. Jim, . You never fail to impress!! Thanks for keeping our favorite Lady safe ♥️

[larrybair]

Thank you for another wonderful video ! It’s lovely seeing both of you . Lucky the woman whose hubby supports, helps, & appreciates her canning & preparing for tough times ahead. My hubby is my partner & favorite taste tester …

[itzzbarb]

Another wonderful video! Thank you so much. This is very interesting and I plan on pressure canning some sausage patties and hamburger patties. Dr. Pat, you just flipped those patties right into the jars. Like a pro. lol Thank both of you for taking us through the processes and sharing with us. Also, I am looking forward to the cookbook.

[beverlyreynolds]

I can't wait to do this along with hamburger patties

[masterblader]

My 8 year old son and I love your channel