Hi all - new to dry curing and this website.

Had a question that I'm sure you veterans can answer.

What should fermenting (day three of three) salami smell like? There is a distinct oder - my daughter said it smelled like meaty corn chips.

Dunked them in mold 600 before fermenting. White mold is...

Hello there!
I'm brand new to the forum, although I have been using it for the past couple years as a guide line for my own smoked meats and sausages.
Ive been recently asked to create a german version of the frankfurter (or hot dog) for a friend of mine, he requested 0 additives or preservatives....

So I decided to somewhat make Stefans kielbasa but since I didn't have the time to do it correctly I thought what the heck let me knock some more sense into the noggin. Knowing that his salt and cure content of 1.6% and 0.2% made perfect sense if I wanted it to be at a safe nitrite level for...

I put a loin into a brine yesterday, making Chuckwagon's Canadian Bacon but I just realized that I forgot to inject it. I have no ability to do so now since I will be away. I have it submerged at 38° F and expected to do so for the 5 days. Can I simply let it rest for sufficient time and soak it in...

Had most of a pig to process less the wobbly bits and things got a little complicated with my mind wanting to go in so many directions so I just took a pause and went back to basics and used a method taught by my mentor and I also referred to Marianski's recipes to fill the voids in my memory. I...

I was recently asked if I'd be willing to carry off a broken chest freezer and dispose of all its contents as they had thawed after the freezer broke. Since I have a problem saying no sometimes I agreed to do this even though it turned into quite a job because the freezer was full and I had no...

Hello, I was wondering if I can hang my cooked summer sausage in my curing cabinet at 58 degrees with a 65% humidity. The sausage has curing salt #1 and as been cooked in my smoker. It seems a bit soft so I was wondering if I can hang it in my curing box?

Thanks

Hello guys,

El pozo fuetec sausage:

Ingredients: Iberico pork, Iberian pork bacon, LACTOSE, table salt, corn glucose syrup, corn dextrose, spices, natural pork intestine.
160g pork is used for 100g end product.

Nutritional values ​​(per 100 g):
Calories: 430.5 Kcal / 1,815.0 kJ
Fat: 35.5 g...

Hi guys tried finding it using the search function, no luck. I’m after the ideal temp to cold smoke pork at? I’ve made a dedicated cold smoker in a chest freezer so can control the temperature quite well now just after the ideal temp? Obviously I want it below 70f but if I go too cold will the meat...