You may have seen natural sausage casings for sale (perhaps in our trim meat for sausage making section), packaged by the hank and asked yourself “what the heck is a hank?”

In sausage-making terms, a hank is essentially a coil or bundle of sausage casings.  The amount of casings in each coil can vary from store to store, but in our case, each hank should be sufficient to make about 100lbs of homemade sausage links.

We offer both pork casings (used for most single-serving sausages) and smaller lamb casings (often used for breakfast-sausage sized links).  Natural casings are prized by quality butchers and dedicated charcuterie hobbiests because they provide a firm natural wrapping for the finished sausage (artificial casings don’t have the same mouth feel).