Q. I have been looking all over Charlotte for beef and pork middles, and I haven't had any luck. Do you know of a reliable source for these larger casings? Natural sausage casings are a wonderful ...

Even commonplace foods can have a bit of intrigue. For example, take sausages and their mysterious casings, that skin-like material that holds the meat and other ingredients together. Are they edible?

If Oktoberfest brings links to your plate, there’s more to know about the meat- and vegetable-based casings they’re stuffed into.

Here we are again to make other homemade salami, but today we start from a very important element the CASING. Usually in winter the pork is processed to create fantastic sausages. If you have the ...

One of the most important aspects of a sausage link is its casing. You need a material that's light and stretchy, but ultimately strong enough to keep the meat within from exploding out of it while ...

BUCKING the trend of shrinking services in meat departments, Richard Schwartzberg offers about 10 kinds of fresh sausage a day as meat manager of Bob’s Market in Santa Monica. He makes the obvious ...

What do kidney dialysis and processed meat have in common? The answer: sausage casings! Back in the ‘30s, the Dutch doctor Willem Kolff was trying to build an artificial kidney and was desperately ...

Establishments producing, manufacturing, or using natural sausage casings are also required to maintain records documenting the source of the casings. FSIS stated that the labels of sausage products ...