DTape, you can consume the casing it's not harmful to eat. Different types of salami have a different appearence due to the molds on their outsides. ask your real butcher, not the one in the grocery store about it. You do only want 'edible casing varieties' the plastic ones are'nt great quality salami's anyway <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> enjoy!