Sausage Stuffer

With the introduction of the Sears and Roebuck catalog in the mountains, people were not only able to buy luxury items that they previously had not access to but also tools and kitchen items for use on the farm. This interesting press like item is not a juicer, as many believe, but a sausage stuffer. Pieces of lean meat left over from the annual hog killing were placed inside while a piece of animal intestine was slipped onto the funnel shaped spout. The handle was pressed down and the scrap meat pieces were inserted into the intestine, producing link sausage. The sausage could then be hung up in the smokehouse to cure and savored all winter long.