One long standing tradition on Chad's side of the family is deer sausage making. And today was the day!
Sierra was by far the best helper.
She helped Chad cut all the meat off the deer bones. (Yuck!)
She helped him cut up both pork and beef to mix with the venison.
She helped grind it all up.
AND
She helped mix the seasonings into the ground meat.
Joshua wanted to help so badly!
Chad let him pour in the cheese.
(This year they added pepper jack cheese to the secret family recipe for sausage. YUMMY!)
Joshua begged to help mix!
He was SO happy and proud when Daddy agreed to let him help!
After the meats, spices, and cheese were mixed, it is time to TASTE!
EVERYONE makes an appearance when it is time to taste!
After the sausage has been given the "Dietrich Family Seal of Approval" it is time to stuff the sausage into casings.
Everyone gets into the action at that point.
Krissy cranks the stuffer.
Jamison keeps it full of meat.
Chad cuts the casings into sausage links.
Sierra twisted them up.
Joshua could hardly contain his "helpfulness!"
He was into everything, until
Daddy found him a job too!
His job was to put the sausage into the cooler.
Tomorrow Chad will smoke the sausage.
Then we will help him package it and fill the freezer.
I am not much of a sausage maker, which makes me even more thankful that our 5 beautiful children are so hard-working and helpful. Making sausage is a lot of work, but they all pitched in, happily! What a blessing!
