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My wife called me from the supermarket and told me they have pork shoulder for $1.29 a pound I said that's great get one . She comes home I look and say it says PORK SHOULDER... PICNIC you did not say picnic I do not think I can use it to make Italian sausage . The question is can I ???????

You can use the picnic but you will have to spend more time trimming out tendons, silver skin and tissue between the muscles. There will be a yield loss from the extra butcher work.

Thanks NC

Hahaha... I have the same issue! I didn't get the call though. She came home with 4 of them ( $1.15 LB Canadian), walked through the door with the biggest smile on her face and said " I got you a surprise. She thought she was doing a nice thing, so who am I to put a damper on her kind act. I decided I'd put them to use, so cut up 2 of them up and after a bit of time and work have four small test batches to put together all seasoned up just have to grind and case them later today. " Cumberland, Leek, Lincolnshire and Irish " if they taste good I will have some bigger batches made later on. All I need is the approval of their outcome when finished. she doesn't know it yet but she's the guinea pig. LMFAO

I've used picnic shoulders several times for sausage. The ones I get around here usually come with the skin on, which takes quite a bit of work. But, you get the bonus of making cracklins... Last picnics I bought were $0.52 per pound. Couldn't pass them up.

ptaylortx wrote:I've used picnic shoulders several times for sausage. The ones I get around here usually come with the skin on, which takes quite a bit of work. But, you get the bonus of making cracklins... Last picnics I bought were $0.52 per pound. Couldn't pass them up.

I hope you stacked the freezer at that price, that's incredible.

I hope you stacked the freezer at that price, that's incredible.[/quote]

They have them for that price several times a year around here. You were limited to 2 per purchase, so I made a trip everyday that week.

As long as it's not a long drive....otherwise gas eats up the savings. Take the family have everyone buy 2.