Spiced Meat Logs

• 2 lbs ground chuck or 2 lbs hamburger
• 2 tablespoons tender cure curing salt (a curing salt...other brand OK, too!)
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• 12 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 12 teaspoon garlic powder or 12 teaspoon garlic salt
• 14 cup water
• 12 teaspoon jalapeno powder (OR other strong pepper mix,dry)

1. Mix spices together.
2. Add water to the spices.
3. Mix with the ground hamburger, mix well.
4. Form into 3 or 4 rolls, depending on how"fat" you make them.
5. Cover rolls with foil.
6. Refrigerate 24 hours.
7. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
8. Bake the sausage rolls for 2 hours in oven.
9. Cooland drain off any fat.
10. (wrap paper towels around them to absorb any grease, after they are completely cool).

ground chuck, curing salt, liquid smoke, mustard seeds, fresh coarse ground black pepper, garlic, water, jalapeno powder

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spiced-meat-logs-103992 (may not work)