Hi-Temp Cheese and Hog Casings

[lazymlazyk]

I picked up some hi-temp cheese and salted, dried hog casings the other day in preparation for sausage making this winter. Would it hurt either of these items to be frozen for longer-term storage in the mean time? I'm thinking not, as they'll both be frozen after sausage is made, but maybe there's a difference between freezing them before or after sausage is made. Feel kind of silly to ask, but money's tight and I don't want to waste anything.

 

[DanMcG]

Never freeze casings, just refrigerate. but the cheese is fine frozen.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Read this thread on casing prep and storage. It’s a game changer.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/how-to-handle-natural-casings.159729/