Jonathon, Thanks for the assistance. I smoked the Kailbasas last night and they turned out perfect. Nice texture and taste. They were a little fragile in the edible casings and some of them broke when I took them out of the smoker, but I will have to cut them when I vacuum seal them anyway, so no issues there. I will past pics of the finished product soon. Thanks again

Thanks for the note. Yes it was very sticky and thoroughly mixed by hand. I knew I should have added water, but I was mixing so many things yesterday I totally forgot. I am putting them in the smoker tonight, so I guess I will find out shortly…my main concern was the casings, but i figure if I can use them for snack sticks, the Kailbasas won’t be too much different. thanks again

Kielbasa question: So I made Kielbasa’s yesterday but didn’t add the binder or the water. Then I stuffed them in eatable collagen casings. I know, I should have done better research. So the question is, can I now smoke them and will they be OK. Or should I just freeze the uncooked sausages. Any help will be much appreciated. Rob