5 strands of clear 17mm collagen casings for homemade snack stick or slim sausages. Easy to use. Each strand will fill approx 4.5 lbs of meat. Total package yield is approx 23 lbs of sausage. These casings are from permeable for slow smoking or oven cooking before eating or freezing. 17mm casings will REQUIRE the thin 3/8" (10mm) stuffer tube. Finished product is a thin snack stick sausage about the diameter of a 2 pencil. Beef product casings from the USA.