Collagen casings

[kelbro]

I've only dehydrated sticks with collagen casings and added liquid smoke to the meat mix. They came out OK bbut nothing special.

Does real smoke penetrate the collagen casings into the meat?

I caught a pretty good sale on some 85/15 ground beef and I'm trying to decide between snack sticks and summer sausage. I have one of the LEM snack stick kits in 'original' flavor. I would have to buy some stuff for summer sausage but the shop is on my way home from work.

I plan to use the smoke tube for a couple of hours and then bring them up to 152-153.

 

[DougE]

Does real smoke penetrate the collagen casings into the meat?

Collagen casings are smoke permeable, so yes.

 

[kelbro]

Thanks. They say smoke flavor but I like real smoke :)