Q. I have been looking all over Charlotte for beef and pork middles, and I haven't had any luck. Do you know of a reliable source for these larger casings? Natural sausage casings are a wonderful ...

Even commonplace foods can have a bit of intrigue. For example, take sausages and their mysterious casings, that skin-like material that holds the meat and other ingredients together. Are they edible?

Curing your own meats and stuffing your own sausages is one step you can take to get closer to a farm-to-table kitchen. Homemade sausage is typically composed of fresh ground meat and spices stuffed ...