In my last order of hog casings, most of my 36mm casings turned out to be 40mm+!
Since most of these are going to be sold in fixed price meals by my customers, this 25% increase in size is really not something they can deal with. They want a 5" or 8" natural cased sausage they can put on the menu for the same price every week, and not something that costs them 25% more or is shorter and fatter to maintain the same weight.
Though I filled out some retail orders with these behemoths which are sold by weight, I am curious how you guys handle this.
I know these are natural products and there will be variation in size, but this one caught me off guard with such a large variation.
I really don't have a product for this large a casing...
Suggestions?