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Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: watchdog56 on December 17, 2010, 07:10:00 PM

Title: soaked casings
Post by: watchdog56 on December 17, 2010, 07:10:00 PM
If I soaked my casings I use for beef sticks in 1 cup of water and 1Tbsp of vinegar and then find out I did not need all of the casings,can I use them? Do I need to dry them then put in ziploc(if so I will probably throw away because I think it would be a long time to dry) or can I put them wet in ziploc and into frig,freezer or just in cupboard? I have about 3 lbs worth of casings.
Title: Re: soaked casings
Post by: Mr Walleye on December 17, 2010, 07:25:59 PM
When I have left over casings I just run them through my fingers to get the majority of the water out then pack them in salt again in a zip lock bag. I don't know about the effect of the vinegar though.

Mike
Title: Re: soaked casings
Post by: watchdog56 on December 17, 2010, 07:30:27 PM
they are not the hog casings, they are those brown that is used for beef sticks.
Title: Re: soaked casings
Post by: Tenpoint5 on December 17, 2010, 07:48:51 PM
You talking about Summer Sausage casings then or snack sticks? If snack sticks you shouldn't need to soak collagen casing at all.
Title: Re: soaked casings
Post by: watchdog56 on December 17, 2010, 08:01:52 PM
snack sticks, I have had some tough ones once in a while so I started soaking them.
Title: Re: soaked casings
Post by: NePaSmoKer on December 17, 2010, 09:13:10 PM
Well i would do....Ummm wait its a secret  ;D