High Country hog casings

[myownidaho]

I typically don't like posting negative reviews, but I'm a bit frustrated. I've bought four home packs of High Country medium hog casings from Sportsman's Warehouse and at this point, and I won't be buying another. The first hank was all short casings. The second was awesome. The last two were full of casings that all had holes in them. I just soaked seven casings for five days and after flushing with warm water, I have barely enough to stuff five pounds of kielbasa. I'm going back to the previous brand I used. It's a 30 minute drive to a butcher supply house, but it's worth it.

 

[pops6927]

I order my casings from either Syracuse Casing Supply: www.makincasing.com or Butcher-Packer Sausage and Meat Supplies: www.butcher-packer.com. The best are Syracuse Casing Supply; they are tubed casings:

meaning they are pre-loaded on sleeves. You slide them onto the stuffing horn and then pull off the sleeve and bingo, you are set! They are all USA American hog casings, no imported China garbage like what you got, and shipping is included. They don't blow out as easily and each sleeve will stuff 5-10 lbs normally. Yes, quality costs more, but the frustration factor is much, much less. My second choice is Butcher-Packer; they are salt-packed, a full hank; you do have to untangle and sort them out, but they are long, not short and very good quality. Once you process them you can just re-salt them (as well as the tubed casing should you rinse off too many). I usually wrap them around two fingers then wind them up across them (like winding up a rope), then re-salt them and keep them in the fridge. NEVER freeze them. They will last over a year, either one, in the fridge.

 

[myownidaho]

Thanks, pops! I’ll check both of those out. I have no problem spending more money for quality and less frustration.