Meat – What are the benefits of using natural casing when making sausages

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I'm about to make some sausages and need a casing. What are the benefits of using natural casing when making sausages?

Best Answer

If you're planning to smoke your sausages, natural casings will allow for greater smoke penetration than many non-natural casings, and they won't impart any odd flavors of their own to the meat. That said, when you first open a container of natural casings, they may have a strong smell because of gas build-up; let them air out (in the fridge!) and they'll be fine.