Ingredients

  • 5 lbs hamburger (don't use ground chuck)
  • 5 teaspoons curing salt
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 12 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes (crushed red pepper)
  • 2 teaspoons liquid smoke
  • 2 teaspoons coarse black pepper (pepper mill grind)
  • 2 12 teaspoons mustard seeds

Method

  • Mix all ingredients & knead like bread;.
  • refrigerate 24 hours
  • knead again & refrigerate another 24 hours.
  • shape into rolls ( easier to handle if you make 5 or 6 2" rolls ).
  • bake on a sheet cake pan on a rack at 150 degrees.
  • Turn over after 4 hours
  • ( you might have to empty the grease out of the pan several times).
  • keeps 5 weeks in frig or freezes well.