You can save the surplus. Just pack in salt and refrigerate.

Yes dry rim. The fridge is just not the controlled atmosphere to produce a consistently good product. No more Umai for me.

You had better check with health regulations and Dept of agriculture regs also.

Happy New Year to all you weenies and wieners!!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks, Bob.

I've been using mini-USB fans in my drying box but they haven't lasted very long. S I got a couple better fans and also a timer.

My question is, how long to run them and how often?

I'm currently in a batch of Soppressata and Saucisson.

Man, you have my blood boiling! I haven't hunted in years and it's been that long to have a fresh kill in the barn.

Thanks, I will be doing this after this batch. How do I create a mold to spray on salamis? Bactoferm 600. Mold - 600 Bactoferm (TM) Sausage Mould( Formerly M-EK-4 ) Meat culture for production of moulded dried sausages with a white/cream coloured appearance. Mold-600 is a single strain culture cont...

I'm not familiar with that but I'm sure it would work. The reason I used a Chlorox solution is I was thinking there might be molds inside the air duct work in my chamber so I used a strong solution and ran the fridge thinking the chlorine in the air would also kill any molds in the duct work. I can...

Please share all the narrative and pictures that you can. Looks and sounds like an amazing trip.

Could you please detail you're route?

Mmmm, those do look good! How long did you hang and what was the weight loss % that you ended up with? 45% loss and around 7 weeks. It's amazing the consistency and flavor difference between 35, 40 and 45%. The sopa is more compact but still tender and the flavor is so much more concentrated. QUEST...

Well, the batch I showed above just didn't work.

But THIS batch did. Dried to 45% loss, tasty, good texture. The bad news is that they taste so good, they won't last long.
http://imgur.com/n7MtV01

Those are beautiful and I'm sure they taste even better than they look!!!! Good job!

That is Beautiful!! I'm jealous.