How common are fibres like this coming off hog casings? Unattractive?

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  2. You can get them “whisker less” their going to cost a little more though.
    When I was working in retail we only used whisker less otherwise customers would bitch.
    Most of the time if you throw them on a hot grill the majority will burn off anyways.

  3. Super common. I worked years at a butcher shop that made sausage weekly. Saw them like this all the time.

  4. One butcher I buy casings at has this kind, another has a smoother kind. I don’t know if it’s supplier dependent or if it’s just random luck.
    These usually go away when you cook the sausage anyways, so I don’t find them to be a problem.

  5. Always have them on casings. For those who don’t like the look, you can turn the casing inside out using running water. It just a visual thing and has no effect on the finished product.

  6. SaxophoneDemon on

    Just ignore them man, you’ll find out when you cook them that it doesn’t matter. It’s part of a thing that’s like that naturally.

  7. Agreeable-Village-25 on

    Those are very natural. I forget the exact name for them, but it’s what the body uses to draw water and nutrients out from the intestines.

  8. Subject-Monitor-6241 on

    Hog, casings, those words sound gross, lol. What does that look like when you eat it? Hopefully not like Rocky Mountain oysters the other at they look now. Jiji

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