Grandmas Summer Sausage

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds hamburger
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. liquid smoke
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1 cup water
• 2 Tbsp. Morton's Tender-Quick
• 1 tsp. crushed red pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp. mustard seed
• coarse ground black pepper (optional)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients; knead. If you have a Kitchen-Aid mixer, it

works great for this. Make into 3 rolls, about 10-12 inches

long. If desired, roll in coarsely ground black pepper (pepper

a piece of foil and press meat roll into the pepper, rolling

around.) Tightly wrap in Saran Wrap. Refrigerate 24 hours;

unwrap. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, then at 300 for 1 1/2

hours. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate. These also freeze

well and are great for holiday gift giving.