diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
index 8fb06ab7f402f..4cff05c544aef 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/junkfood.json
@@ -949,6 +949,18 @@
     "description": "A heavily processed sausage, dipped in batter and deep fried.  Cooked, this corn dog now tastes much better, but will spoil.",
     "fun": 18
   },
+  {
+    "type": "COMESTIBLE",
+    "id": "corndogs_homemade",
+    "name": "homemade corn dog",
+    "copy-from": "corndogs_frozen",
+    "spoils_in": "1 day",
+    "healthy": -2,
+    "charges": 1,
+    "description": "A homemade sausage, dipped in batter and deep fried.  Cooked, this corn dog now tastes much better, but will spoil.",
+    "fun": 18,
+    "calories": 250
+  },
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "choc_pancakes",
diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/offal_dishes.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/offal_dishes.json
index 3c01fb11ae520..6a9642a611a05 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/offal_dishes.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/offal_dishes.json
@@ -261,5 +261,23 @@
     "charges": 6,
     "calories": 400,
     "flags": [ "EATEN_HOT" ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "sausage_casings",
+    "copy-from": "spice",
+    "type": "COMESTIBLE",
+    "name": "sausage casing",
+    "name_plural": "sausage casings",
+    "description": "Sausage casings made from animal intestines.  Ready to be used for forming meat products.",
+    "color": "red",
+    "material": "flesh",
+    "charges": 60
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "COMESTIBLE",
+    "id": "homemade_hotdogs",
+    "name": "homemade hot dog",
+    "name_plural": "homemade hot dogs",
+    "copy-from": "hotdogs_frozen"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/food/offal_dishes.json b/data/json/recipes/food/offal_dishes.json
index d8c3c8a407d1f..01f3eeadaeac5 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/food/offal_dishes.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/food/offal_dishes.json
@@ -367,5 +367,50 @@
       [ [ "pepper", 3 ] ],
       [ [ "milk_standard", 1, "LIST" ] ]
     ]
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "result": "sausage_casings",
+    "category": "CC_FOOD",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_MEAT",
+    "skill_used": "cooking",
+    "difficulty": 5,
+    "time": "50 m",
+    "batch_time_factors": [ 83, 5 ],
+    "charges": 60,
+    "byproducts": [ [ "ruined_chunks", 2 ] ],
+    "//": "Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing would be a good book for someone to use for further meat products recipes.",
+    "book_learn": [ [ "offalcooking", 3 ] ],
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 }, { "id": "CUT_FINE", "level": 1 } ],
+    "tools": [ [ [ "funnel", -1 ] ] ],
+    "components": [ [ [ "stomach", 2 ], [ "stomach_large", 1 ] ], [ [ "salt", 20 ] ], [ [ "water", 2 ] ], [ [ "bag_plastic", 1 ] ] ]
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "result": "homemade_hotdogs",
+    "category": "CC_FOOD",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_MEAT",
+    "skill_used": "cooking",
+    "difficulty": 4,
+    "charges": 2,
+    "time": "10 m",
+    "book_learn": [ [ "offalcooking", 3 ] ],
+    "batch_time_factors": [ 50, 3 ],
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "CUT", "level": 1 }, { "id": "COOK", "level": 1 } ],
+    "components": [
+      [ [ "meat_nofish", 2, "LIST" ] ],
+      [ [ "sausage_casings", 2 ] ],
+      [
+        [ "salt_water", 4 ],
+        [ "saline", 8 ],
+        [ "salt", 4 ],
+        [ "chem_saltpetre", 2 ],
+        [ "soysauce", 2 ],
+        [ "seasoning_italian", 4 ],
+        [ "wild_herbs", 4 ],
+        [ "seasoning_salt", 4 ],
+        [ "pepper", 4 ]
+      ]
+    ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
index 5f6469ae8b576..0e105884d3d79 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
@@ -744,7 +744,8 @@
         [ "wild_herbs", 4 ],
         [ "seasoning_salt", 4 ],
         [ "pepper", 4 ]
-      ]
+      ],
+      [ [ "sausage_casings", 1 ] ]
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -4329,7 +4330,7 @@
     "batch_time_factors": [ 67, 5 ],
     "qualities": [ { "id": "COOK", "level": 1 } ],
     "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ] ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 1 ] ] ]
+    "components": [ [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 1 ], [ "homemade_hotdogs", 1 ], [ "bratwurst_sausage", 1 ] ] ]
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
@@ -4343,7 +4344,7 @@
     "qualities": [ { "id": "CUT", "level": 1 }, { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 } ],
     "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ] ],
     "components": [
-      [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 1 ], [ "homemade_hotdogs", 1 ], [ "bratwurst_sausage", 1 ] ],
       [
         [ "flatbread", 1 ],
         [ "bread", 1 ],
@@ -4368,7 +4369,7 @@
     "qualities": [ { "id": "CUT", "level": 1 }, { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 } ],
     "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ] ],
     "components": [
-      [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 2 ] ],
+      [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 2 ], [ "homemade_hotdogs", 2 ], [ "bratwurst_sausage", 2 ] ],
       [ [ "chili", 1 ] ],
       [
         [ "flatbread", 2 ],
@@ -4438,6 +4439,26 @@
     "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ] ],
     "components": [ [ [ "corndogs_frozen", 1 ] ] ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "result": "corndogs_homemade",
+    "category": "CC_FOOD",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_MEAT",
+    "skill_used": "cooking",
+    "difficulty": 2,
+    "time": "1 m 45 s",
+    "charges": 1,
+    "autolearn": true,
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "CUT", "level": 1 }, { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 } ],
+    "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ] ],
+    "components": [
+      [ [ "hotdogs_frozen", 1 ], [ "hotdogs_cooked", 1 ], [ "bratwurst_sausage", 1 ], [ "sausage_wasteland", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "splinter", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "cornmeal", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "cooking_oil", 1 ], [ "cooking_oil2", 1 ] ],
+      [ [ "bag_plastic", 1 ] ]
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
     "result": "blt",