Hi-Country Snack Foods Domestic Meat and WILD GAME 16mm Collagen Casings
Hi-Country offers four different sizes of collagen casings. Each size has their own unique use; the 16mm is mahogany colored and works great for snack sticks such as pepperoni, the clear 21mm casings are used for snack stick products like pepperoni but also work great for breakfast sausage links, while the 38mm casings are recommended for link or ring sausages like kielbasa. Sausage sticks made with these casings are normally cured, cooked and smoked. Specially formulated snack stick spices are available from Hi-Country. Our most popular flavor is Pepperoni for your wild game. Collagen type casings are processed to have a consistent diameter throughout its length and are stuffed dry (no soaking). Prepping the casings consists of simply placing the casings in a refrigerator overnight to improve pliability. Casings are shirred (collapsed) when produced and when stuffed expand to their original length. Since 1976 Hi-Country has been producing premium grade meat snacks under USDA inspection and the continued lieadership of Hi-Country's founder and president, Jim Johnson.  At last, Jim has decided to begin sharing some of his best kept meat processing secrets and recipes with the public.  --  Jim's long time love for the outdoors and his extensive knowledge of the meat industry has made it a natural choice for Hi-Country to become deeply involved with the creation of a consumable products line that the home meat processor can use to successfully make high-quality wild game, bird, and fish value added products.  --  Hi-Country has graphically and functionally designed these products to project the spirit of more fully utiliizing the wide game harvested each season by hunters and fishermen.