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Note: if you like your meat stick less spicy, decrease the peppers to 1 1/2 teaspoons each.
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Try experimenting with the spices!
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Place the ground meat in a large bowl.
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Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and mix with your hands!
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Sprinkle the tender quick cure salt over the ground meat and mix with your hands.
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Next, add the liquid smoke and brown sugar and mix.
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Sprinkle the ground pepper and the red pepper onto the meat and mix.
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Add the garlic powder, mace and the mustard seed and mix again.
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Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 3 days.
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After three days, take the mix out of the refrigerator and mix once more.
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Divide the meat mixture into five equal-sized balls.
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Using your hands, work each ball into a roll about 2 thick.
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Place the meat sticks directly onto an oven rack.
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Cover one oven rack completely with foil and place this on the lowest rack setting in the oven, under the rack with the meat sticks.
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Bake the meat sticks at 200 degrees F for 7 hours.
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Once they are done cooking, take them out of the oven and allow them to cool for about 1/2 hour.
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Ideally, vacuum seal the meat sticks into individual packages, or place them in freezer bags to keep them from getting dried out.
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Store in the refrigerator or freeze.
