Do you smoke the casings before stuffing them, to give them some color?
I want to make some large casings out of white cotton cloth. The
salami may or may not be smoked.

Does it matter how you sew them up?

Thanks,

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:

> Do you smoke the casings before stuffing them, to give them some color?
> I want to make some large casings out of white cotton cloth. The
> salami may or may not be smoked.
>
> Does it matter how you sew them up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob

Bob,

I'm not quite clear on your question. Are you asking if
you should pre-smoke the casings, stuff them, then smoke?
I'd say no.

I've used cloth bags for both salami and turkey (the cured,
long smoked kind). I've found if there's at least of
moderate amount of smoke, a few hours or more, the bags
don't interfere with smoke penetration much at all.

For turkey I use the off the shelf "stockings". For
salami, I make the bags myself. Take a rectangular
piece of cotton cloth, fold it over and stitch up three
sides, leaving one of the short ends open. Turn it
inside out and it's ready to use.

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Reg

Reg wrote:

> I'm not quite clear on your question. Are you asking if you should
> pre-smoke the casings, stuff them, then smoke? I'd say no.

Pre-smoking the casings; I don't know if I'm going to smoke them after
stuffing or just hang them to dry.

> I've used cloth bags for both salami and turkey (the cured, long
> smoked kind). I've found if there's at least of moderate amount of
> smoke, a few hours or more, the bags don't interfere with smoke
> penetration much at all.
>
> For turkey I use the off the shelf "stockings". For salami, I make
> the bags myself. Take a rectangular piece of cotton cloth, fold it
> over and stitch up three sides, leaving one of the short ends open.
> Turn it inside out and it's ready to use.

That's what I thought. Thanks.

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
> Do you smoke the casings before stuffing them, to give them some color?
> I want to make some large casings out of white cotton cloth. The
> salami may or may not be smoked.
>
> Does it matter how you sew them up?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
Here is a great site for sausages,
http://home.pacbell.net/lpoli/index.htm
lots of great info and a whole section on making salami.

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:05:57 +0000, Dave wrote:

> Here is a great site for sausages,
> http://home.pacbell.net/lpoli/index.htm
> lots of great info and a whole section on making salami.

And for those in the UK, see:

http://www.sausagemaking.org/
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Old Rocker