IGX

Got one of these for Xmas and used it to make a 5# batch of fresh garlic sausage yesterday. (Recipe found here http://www.amazon.com/Charcuterie-Craft ... 0393058298)

The grinding process was simple enough, though figuring out how to stuff the casings is a bit more challenging. In any event the finished product was as good or better than any of the fresh sausages I've purchased from Whole Foods, etc. For IGx gourmet types, it's good kitchen gear, and the process most definitely non-metrosexual. You realize this when you are up to the forearm in almost frozen ground pork fat and minced raw garlic. Get one and find someone with a BGE to grill them for you, bichos.
http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-FGA-Gr ... 511&sr=8-1

I'ma get one of these after the move. Trying to buy good sausage, other than lup chong, out here can be...unrewarding.

I was making har gow for the first time the other day and I found a clip on youtube for it. Actually got to watch some popo making them, and how to make all the seven good luck folds at da top and everything. It was ideal, because without seeing: no can do.

Good vids CP. Thanks. Ate some of my recently made links tonight paired with French lentils cooked in stock and finished with a little balsamic. Very tasty.

I'm not big on sausage (insert your own joke), I just happened to remember the episode. I have a kitchen aid, and I love it.

Lentils are a newly discovered favorite though. :)