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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 21:32
by ssorllih
I will be particularly interested in a site for lower cost casings. All that I have found so far seem to add about 30 to 50 cents a pound to the cost of sausage. When i can buy fresh pork at less than 1.50 USD /pound adding 20 to 30 percent for the cost of casing runs against my nature.

Pork

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 05:57
by snagman
Ross,
I just came across this post, and I am very jealous - you can buy pork for $1.50 a pound ? I buy say pork shoulder for $A 9.50 for one kilo (2lbs) and @ $A 7.50 a kilo, provided I buy minimum four kilos. What must the poor US farmer get at the farmgate for his pigs I wonder ?
Well, good for you lucky guys !
Regards, Gus

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 07:34
by Paulski
I just bought a half bucket of tubed 32/35 mm hog casings, 12 hanks for $288. That's about $24 per hank. Figuring about 100/125lbs sausage per hank that brings it down to 20-24cents a pound for high quality casings. Tubed casings are so much easier to deal with on the stuffer.

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 15:08
by ssorllih
WOW! that is about a half ton of sausage! Do casings keep well?

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 00:48
by Paulski
I keep my casings in the refer and have kept them for a year without any problems, they are salted well.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 00:55
by Bubba
I have some Lamb casings that have been stored in saturated brine and refrigerated for more than a year, and they are still good.
The night before I make sausage I take some out, rinse them very well then store them in refrigerated fresh water overnight for the next day.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 03:58
by Gringo Loco
I use www.sfherb.com for alot of my herbs. Good Prices and great service. They don't pre grind their herbs. They grind them the day you order them. :grin:

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 04:02
by Gringo Loco
Paulski wrote:I just bought a half bucket of tubed 32/35 mm hog casings, 12 hanks for $288. That's about $24 per hank. Figuring about 100/125lbs sausage per hank that brings it down to 20-24cents a pound for high quality casings. Tubed casings are so much easier to deal with on the stuffer.
Where do you buy your casings? I have used www.makincasing.com in the past and have had real good luck. :razz:

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 04:02
by Chuckwagon
Good one Gringo! Thanks. I'm sure going to give them a try.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 04:14
by Gringo Loco
Hey Chuckwagon,
They have some GOOOD Chile for us "Westerners" who like it spicy!!! :shock:

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 17:18
by Paulski
I second sfherb.com. Great prices and quick turn around.

Paul

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 21:22
by Paulski
Gringo Loco wrote:Where do you buy your casings? I have used www.makincasing.com in the past and have had real good luck.
I get my casings from www.jordancasing.com

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:55
by jbk101
I just want to pass along a place that I just found that any members that live close to it (Southeastern Indiana, Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky areas) might want to check it out!

I found this meat processing place while searching for a Local source that I could buy some Pork Bellies from. For a beginner like me, most places that I could get them from wanted me to buy at least 5 bellies at a time, which was way to much for me (50 to 60 pounds of pork belly is a lot of Bacon for a first attempt at making Bacon :roll:).

When I talked to one of the owners over the phone he was more than Helpful and would be willing to sell me any quantity that I wanted "he would even cut one in half for me" They operate a full service facility and are open to the public. They also make and smoke their on bacon , Cottage Hams, German style Sausages right on site just to name a few Items.

They Slaughter Cows and Hogs that have been purchased from local farmers and process them on site! Monday's they Slaughter Cows and on Tuesdays the Slaughter the Hogs.

I shot him an e-mail of what I needed and he quoted me prices that same day and pointed me to there Web Site for additional info about them. http://www.stehlinsmeatmarket.com/
So I thought I would pass it along for any Interested Members.

I ended up buying all my Pork needs and a bunch of Good Looking Beef products from them and found their store very interesting, the employees very helpful. John the owner I talked to on the phone even came out to meet me and we talked a bit, let me try some of their sausages that they make and gave me some pointers and told me he even would even sell me any casings that I needed etc. in the future.

They were also the only place that I was able to get Fat Back from and they also sell good old Lard!

So Now its time for me to try my hand at some Bacon, Canadian Bacon and several types of Sausages that I have been wanting to make.

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 15:18
by ssorllih
Outstanding!

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 02:17
by Gringo Loco
:idea: Check out http://www.midwesternresearch.com if you all have a little time. They will send you a free catalog as well. Good prices on casings and netting and more.