From Bad to Worse
Doh! What possessed me to write about a luncheon meat when I hadn't finalised the recipe! Normally, it takes numerous trials to formulate a recipe; there's so many variables. With a fresh sausage it's not so bad because you can do trials in 100gm batches and try 5 or 6 variations at a time. I've not yet found a fool-proof way of doing a similar thing with luncheon meat which means that I end up with vast quantities of not too good sausage.
This is my second trial of the recipe for Ham and Garlic Luncheon Meat and to be honest it's worse than the first! I can't believe that, when all I had to do was make the paste firmer, I've managed to make it softer! All I can think is that I messed up on the ratio of fat to meat.
Oh well, back to the drawing board. I'm not even going to mention the two meat cures I'm doing at the moment: it'd be tempting fate too much!
Phil; you mind if I take a look @ the recipe I have a bit of time if you like use my email
Robert