These high-quality "beef middles" sausage casings from T.S.M. (product 17-1215) are traditionally used for bologna, sopressata, summer sausages, salami (both cooked and dry cured) and liverwurst. Packed in purified salt, these casings have an "indefinite" shelf life when refrigerated (i.e., a very long time. Casings are not edible and should be flushed with water before you use them. Note: if left unrefrigerated, these sausage casing will soon develop a strong odor, although they are still fine put the casings back into the fridge and the odor will diminish. The total length of these casings when stuffed is between 55-60 feet. Cannot ship outside U.S.