What length!

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What length!

Postby welsh wizard » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:56 am

Someone must have asked this but I can't find it on the site: what length of hog casting do you need to soak to hold each Lb of sausage mix?
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Postby sausagemaker » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:15 am

Hi there Welsh wizard

I would say about 24 - 30 inches

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Postby aris » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:36 pm

That's per kilo isn't it sausagemaker? I thought it was about a pound per foot for hog casings.
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Postby sausagemaker » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:42 pm

Hi Aris

It really depends on the width of the casing but if it is 28 mm then the sausage will be approx 4" in length then 8 per lb.
so 8 x 4 = 24" so if you intend to link them you need extra

Hope this makes sense

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Postby aris » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:55 pm

Ah yeah, linking would make a big difference. I think my hog casings are more like 32mm. Is there a butchers technique for testing the width of a casing?
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Postby sausagemaker » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:26 pm

Hi Aris

I not too sure about a butchers way, I use a vernier which I got free from Devro (I knew a couple of guy's there).
But when buying natural casing you should always ask the size, the bigger the diameter the cheaper the casing is.
Sheep casing runs at
18 - 21 mm
21 - 23 mm
23 - 26 mm

Hog run at
26 - 30 mm
28 - 32 mm
32 - 35 mm
35 - 38 mm
38+
I have included a link below with some good info on casings

http://www.dewied.com/DW20050321/faqs/natural.htm#top
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Postby aris » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:32 pm

What is a vernier?
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Postby Platypus » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:38 pm

A vernier is an accurate measuring caliper, and looks like this
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Postby sausagemaker » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:42 pm

Mine has a small dial attached to enable me to measure to 0.1 mm

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Postby Platypus » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:54 pm

You can get them in all sorts of varieties now, dial, digital, and the original type shown the the picture.

Although if I were being a pedant I would have to say that only the pictured type is a true vernier caliper.

Named after Pierre Vernier who invented it sometime in the 1500's

The dictionary definition goes something like this;
"A small, movable auxiliary graduated scale attached parallel to a main graduated scale, calibrated to indicate fractional parts of the subdivisions of the larger scale, and used on certain precision instruments to increase accuracy in measurement."


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Postby sausagemaker » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:55 pm

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Postby aris » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:36 pm

So are hog casings measured while flat, or do you measure the diameter when they are stuffed? It would make a bit of a difference.
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Postby sausagemaker » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:44 am

Hi Aris

You measure after stuffing, the industry doers this whilst flushing with water, prior to salting.

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Postby aris » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:14 am

So how does one measure with the vernier while flushing? Sounds tricky.
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Postby sausagemaker » Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:07 am

You don't I use the vernier after stuffing, the factories use other methods not available to us mere mortals

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