Sheep casings alternative?

[archeryrob]

What alternative besides collagen casings are there? They are just extra chew on a sausage link.

I've done the glove on my let hand squirt over and swipe up and set on pan to par freeze doing skinless. I think they loose some flavor boiled, where a s fat stays in the skin some.

I like the 18-20mm casings for sheep but $50 a hank just seems crazy expensive.

 

[chopsaw]

Here's an experiment I did for some " brown and serve " sausage . 25mm cellulose casings .
I went to long in the SV'd , and like you mentioned it washed some of the flavor .
Next time I'm going to hang them in the smoker ( no smoke ) to get them cooked .

Brown n serve Breakfast links .

Just something I wanted to try . I normally use TSM hot pork sausage seasoning for breakfast sausage and stuff in sheep casings , but wanted to try something different . So I used the " breakfast links " recipe from Len Poli . It's a good one . The fry test was great . So this is what I did for...

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I've used the same size casings for hot dogs , and just bought some in 28mm to do white bratwurst . My sheep are 22 and to small for that .

 

[archeryrob]

I've used those for hot dogs and I could not get a twist in them to hold and had to tie them like I saw in one of your pictures. I thought that was a huge PITA. Pre-cooked is nice though, just reheat instead of have to worry about temp.

 

[chopsaw]

If you don't like to tie them , I get it . I made a holder for my twine . Makes it easier for me .

You could run longer lengths with less tying . Cook and cut to the length you like ?
The last sheep I bought were 22mm from Syracuse casing . I think they were around $43.00 .
Like you said . 50 bucks , same difference .

Waltons has a good video on their website about different collagen casings for different application .