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buglebuster:
We have always been a steak/burger family and never made any of the specialty stuff. With the kids hunting now and my wife as well filling 4 elk and 4 deer tags left us with plenty of meat to get creative with. Made a bunch of jerky, summer sausage, and now polish dogs. The flavor is unreal but the casings are tough. The kids couldn’t even bite through them hardly eating a hotdog. Sliced up and dipped in mustard they are fine. I followed the instructions for the natural hog casings to a T. Does anyone have any input on how to do better next time? I assume this is due to cook time/heat? Just looking for tips for next weeks batch.

Thank you
Michael

Remnar:
Here are a few things it could be , or all of them. But not limited to .  There are lots of variables especially when using home smokers. Do some small batches and tinker with it you will find what works.

Not all casings are equal.

Hang them longer after stuffing .

Dont crowd your smoker as much.

Smoking time and temp.

Soak your casings longer.

huntnnw:
Ive never had tough hog casing. I rarely soak my casing longer than a hour or 2. I almost always stuff and let rest over night before smoking. The only thing I can think of is too much heat or too long of a high temp. dunno

Scruffy:
Sausages look good and casings look full.  It is hard to say the reason why they are tough.  Could be just that batch of casings???  Were they all out of the same pack? 

Natural are all I use, I rinse and soak mine for about an hour, then stuff and let sit over night.  Then smoke them if I am smoking, ice bath, sit over night them package up.

If fresh then after stuffing let rest over night then package up.  Never too tough to bite through

buglebuster:
Maybe I didn’t let them sit long enough after stuffing. It didn’t say anything about that in the recipe so I went straight into the smoker. I will definitely try that this weekend. I also packaged them right after the ice bath off the smoker. I did do 4 packages raw, not smoked so I’m hoping the casings on those won’t be tough. Thanks for the input guys.

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