Appeal No. 95-3870
Application 07/993,551
b) stuffing said shirred casing with sausage emulsion as the casing is deshirred;
c) cooking and processing the encased sausage emulsion thereby causing a
secondary skin to form on a cooked frankfurter;
d) removing said casing from said cooked sausage with a high speed peeling
machine; and
e) repackaging said peeled sausage.
40. A process for monitoring color development in an encased sausage product
comprising stuffing a casing with a meat emulsion to form an encased sausage, cooking
said encased sausage, and monitoring color development of the encased sausage during
cooking by viewing through said second longitudinal portion of said casing changes in
color of the encased sausage surface wherein said casing comprises a cellulosic food
casing comprising an elongated cellulosic thin walled tube having a moisture content of
less than 100 wt. % based upon the weight of bone dry cellulose (BDC), said tube having
first and second longitudinal portions, and a colorant or opacifier which is longitudinally and
continuously dispersed in at least one of said portions throughout said tube wall to provide
said portion with optical values which are different from said other portion, said portions
having a surface area ratio of said first portion to said second portion of at least about 1:1
or greater, and wherein said first and second portions have L, a, b and opacity values as
measured by colorimeter using the Hunter color scale which values meet at least one of the
following conditions:
i) an average opacity value of said first portion that is at least about 0.5% units
greater than the average opacity value of said second portion;
ii) a difference in average opacity between said first portion and said second
portion which is less than 10, and a difference between said first and second portions in
their respective averages of either said L values or said a values or said b values of at
least about 5; or
iii) a difference of at least about 10 or greater in average opacity between said first
portion and said second portion, and the sum of the absolute values of a and b of the first
portion following extraction of said casing with water and methanol is at least 10.
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