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    JoeB
    Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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    I buy these brine packed fresh pig and sheep casing from Meatman by the Hank. Always fresh, and can be kept for over a year in brine. Never disappointed… I’ve routinely have casings over 20ft long. once in great while a little tuff, rare blow-out. Never liked LEM. Most LEM under 4’ tuff and a lot of blow-outs. That being said, tuff casings are mostly an animal thing. Also no cold shower or ice bath can make them tuff.

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      Fat_Bob
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      Luebke1219

      From the site Joe mentioned:

      Why are the casings tough after cooking fresh sausage?

      • Sausage was cooked in a pan too hot and too quickly.
      • Casings were not soaked long enough.
      • Origin of casing.
      • Sausage was under stuffed

      It’s all about the duck fat.

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        JoeB
        Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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        Fat_Bob, i don’t disagree with your assessment. From my view, I will never rehydrate casings again. Fresh, brined: Rinse check by running some water thru them, and soak in warm water 15-20 mins. Life is good! 😊

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          rackmaster
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          The casing in my kit did not require soaking , they were 21 mm I’m sure imitation variety

          I’m sure there is a better quality out there that is not as tough
          I’m not going to fret too much I can peal them .
          I’ll only do a couple batches a year

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            JoeB
            Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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            #11

            Making breakfast sausage or hotdogs?

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              Luebke1219
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              Making snack sticks

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                JoeB
                Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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                AHHH now I understand. Never did snack sticks with casings. Have made plenty of jerky and 3/8inch draw without casing. Tooo old to deal with those small casing. Smoked and / dehydrated works for me

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                  Jonathon
                  Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
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                  Luebke1219 Were you able to add any humidity to the smoker?

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                    rackmaster
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                    I didn’t mean to hijack the post but we are both looking for suggestions about same issue ,
                    Yes , had a pan of water over fire in mine
                    Good steam and smoke

                    As much as we have eat on them I suspect I’ll make another batch soon

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                      Luebke1219
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                      Yes I had a pan in the bottom and there was plenty of humidity wen I opened the door. Is there a difference between different brands? Maybe the Lem brand is a little thicker?

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                        Jonathon
                        Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
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                        Luebke1219 It is possible but they all come from the same “source” pig intestines. Those may have been harvested on older hogs is the only thing I can think of? If you want the best hog casings then the ubed variety are hand-picked to be used for tubes. They are more expensive but they cut down on processing time and are generally better overall.

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