Umai bags and humidity

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Umai bags and humidity

Post by Albertaed » Tue Nov 17, 2020 04:28

I have been gifted umai bags. Can I ferment and dry them exactly as I would my traditional salami. The info given is vague other than 68 degrees during ferment and then into the fridge. I was thinking of fermenting and drying with them same temp and humidity as I normally would.
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Re: Umai bags and humidity

Post by Bob K » Tue Nov 17, 2020 18:58

You can ferment them the same way. As for drying they are designed to work best in a low humidity ,low temperature environment. Drying slowly in a traditional chamber at higher temp and humidity usually causes a lot of unwanted mold growth under the casing.
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Re: Umai bags and humidity

Post by redzed » Sat Nov 21, 2020 05:32

I will echo Bob here. Use umai only at fridge temps in low humidity. I experimented by putting a couple of umai bagged salami into my curing chamber and they actually spoiled and were inedible.
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