Why do sausages always curve and end up banana shaped following cooking ?!

Question: Because the side in contact with the pan shrinks with the heat, the way to avoid it is keeping them rolling all the time so the skin is heated evenly and that way they will also shrink evenly without curving.

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Answers: Because the side in contact with the pan shrinks with the heat, the way to avoid it is keeping them rolling all the time so the skin is heated evenly and that way they will also shrink evenly without curving.

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Because the skin shrinks.

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its the skin its in skrinking as its cooked no skin no curl

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The skins shrink.

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mine dont, mine stay straight.

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Cut a little slit down the side (or around it) before you cook or bbq sausages or hot dogs..... My grandfather taught me that:)

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the casing shrinks when cooked

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Prick the skin before cooking them then that shouldnt happen!

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Prick them with a fork before cooking

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because they are sexy

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you'd curl up if somebody fried ya. Wouldn't you?

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