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What is the Right Thickness for Meat Slices?

What is the Right Thickness for Meat Slices?

Invest in your kitchen gear with meat slicers from LEM Products. A commercial meat slicer allows you to achieve the customized thickness you want your meat to have. The good news is that any whole muscle meat—meaning meat that has not been ground or chopped up or overly processed—will work well with any thickness. The following is a guide on how thick you achieve a specific level of thickness.Shaved – Less than 1/16”Shaved slices of meat are those paper-thin beauties that you can almost see thro …
Jan 15th 2025
Apple Cider Chipotle Venison Jerky

Apple Cider Chipotle Venison Jerky

Venison jerky may not be one of the first things you think of when it comes to seasonal foods, but I'm here to change that with this fall inspired recipe. The naturally sweet apple cider pairs nicely with smokiness and mild heat of the chipotles in adobo.What are chipotles in adobo? They are simply smoked jalapenos that are packed into a rich seasoned tomato based sauce. You can find them at any Mexican grocery, most chain grocery stores and online.The key to getting the best flavor is to use a …
Jan 15th 2025 Larry White
5 Best Accessories for your Vacuum Food Sealer

5 Best Accessories for your Vacuum Food Sealer

Choosing one of LEM’s vacuum sealers gives you the opportunity to add on amazing accessories that help ease the process of vacuum sealing. The LEM vacuum food sealer can provide you with freshly sealed food products to enjoy at any time of the year. Whether you’re into picking and storing fruits for their off-season, hunting and storing bulk amounts of meat for later use, or want to create a tightly sealed marinade for your meats, count on LEM’s vacuum food sealer to do the job. With this magica …
Jan 15th 2025
Elk Sloppy Joe Hand Pies

Elk Sloppy Joe Hand Pies

Meet everyone’s favorite messy sandwich in handheld form. The great thing about this recipe is that it can be as homemade or as quick as you want it to be. Don’t like making homemade pie crust? Use store-bought instead! Have a favorite canned sloppy joe sauce? Go for it! No matter what you choose, you’re sure to enjoy this twist on a comfort food classic!Great recipes start with great ingredients. I prefer to grind my wild game without any added fat and add in fat when I cook it. It makes grindi …
Jan 15th 2025 Annie Weisz
Simplify Your Meat Processing with LEM

Simplify Your Meat Processing with LEM

Meat processing can be a time-consuming task no matter what kind of result you are looking for. Thankfully, LEM Products has all of the meat processing equipment you could imagine for both the at-home chef and butcher alike.Hoist and GambrelEasily hoist up your hunt with our weight-reducing pulley system. This product can hold up to 500 lbs and Features an automatic self-locking device and collapses easily to fit into your hunting bag. Additionally, this product comes with a 22" lightweight gamb …
Jan 15th 2025
Why You Should Use a Meat Cure

Why You Should Use a Meat Cure

Curing meat is one of the most ancient food preservation techniques that has prevented the spread of bacteria and increased the longevity of shelf life for both meat and fish. The process of meat curing takes out all moisture making it uninhabitable to microbes and bacterias that could get you sick. For all types of meats, whether you’re working with salami, sausage, jerky, ham, or bacon, choose LEM’s Backwoods Meat Cure.Why Should You Cure Meat? Reduce the risk of botulism in meatBotulism is a …
Jan 15th 2025
Which Potatoes Are Best in the French Fry Cutter

Which Potatoes Are Best in the French Fry Cutter

Who is ever not in the mood for French fries? For easy at-home prep or commercial work, choose the best French Fry Cutter from LEM Products. French fries are one of the most popular side dishes in the world, and what’s better than saving time and energy on your side dishes? Our product allows you to slice your potatoes with ease so you can tend to your burgers, steaks, or whatever else you’re cooking up for dinner.No matter what kind of potatoes you enjoy in their fried form, you can easily skip …
Jan 15th 2025
Prepare for the Holidays With Our Help

Prepare for the Holidays With Our Help

With the holiday season approaching, everyone is thinking about what to make for their big holiday dinners. Consider including delicious, cured meats this year. Create a tasty holiday meal that everyone will love with LEM meat seasonings!Not sure where to start? Here are just a few of the many uses of the LEM meat cure and other meat seasonings that your friends and family will love this holiday season:Smoky Cured HamTake quality pork shoulder with the skin intact, and create a brine with the Ba …
Jan 15th 2025
Venison Italian Sausage

Venison Italian Sausage

This Venison Italian Sausage will go great in every one of your Italian recipes!I love Italian food and I have a plethora of venison in my freezer so this recipe kind of wrote itself! Italian sausage kind of just goes with Italian food. In a lasagna, meatballs pizza, calzone, and every other dish you can think of. Throw this bad boy in it and go to town. I made this sausage loose with my LEM #8 Big Bite Grinder, but if you want to case it you definitely can. Also, I used an 80/20 venison to pork …
Jan 15th 2025 Sophie May
Venison Meatball Sub

Venison Meatball Sub

This Venison Meatball Sub is the first recipe I’m using my Venison Italian Sausage with, and it is delicious!One thing I find lacking in the wild game community is what to do with your sausage after it is made. My husband has a ton of wild game cookbooks from Steven Rinella, Hank Shaw, and Jesse Griffiths. They have some awesome stuff in there, but again I wish they talked more about how to transform your sausage. Obviously, you can just grill any sausage and go to town, but that can get boring. …
Jan 15th 2025 Sophie May