Sausage skin

[koster]

If you get e.g. beef sausages, is the skin (collagen) made from beef protein or pork protein?

[nickmo]

Hi K - collagen is made most often from beef proteins - usually from sourced from the skin of a cow.

Buy sausages in natural casings - made from sheep, pig or cow intestines. This allows the sausage to cook much better in the 'old fashioned' style as well.

Have a look at: http://www.sausagelinks.co.uk and go the faq section for some other info about sossies.

[thugulike]

Natural casings are always better than the plasticy Devro skins. Manufacturers often use Devro casings as they have a lower bug count. I'd rather take my chances and have the real thing. I buy my sausages from John Noble at Orton Farmers Market who rears his own Saddleback pigs. Real Cumberland sausages, yum