[Sca-cooks] Looking for sausage casings
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Mon Apr 30 19:45:59 PDT 2007
On Apr 30, 2007, at 9:57 PM, Sue Clemenger wrote:
> *Collagen* casings? Truly? Are they considered kosher? That would
> really
> rock....(Jewish friends)
My guess is that collagen casings _might_ be Kosher, or potentially
Kosher-able. There's no particular reason why collagen has to be
derived from piggies. It's probably mostly from cattle hides, feet
and hooves.
Collagen casings tend to be very soft, good for small sausages like
bangers and chippolatas, but since these cook quickly it's less of as
big deal if they burst somewhat. You can also get big casings of
collagen, fiber-reinforced collagen, and various other synthetic
substances. I bought some for haggis a while back, because I needed
quite a few and the various beef caps and bungs would have run to a
fairly large amount of money when bought in bulk, and I've had haggis
made in artificial casings before, and they were fine.
Adamantius
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