sausage hanging space

jomama

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• Nov 12, 2016

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is it ok to have the hanging sausages touch each other in the drying chamber

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• Nov 13, 2016

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JM, You need to keep your sausages apart to get air /smoke etc.

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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As CM said you will get spots that won't dry if they are touching each other.

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jomama

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Thanks I kind of thought that also.I made to large of a batch. I am going to try to split the batch or maybe put dowel pins in between the touching sausages

 

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• Nov 13, 2016

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It sometimes does happen that they touch.  You get spots where they touch that the color does not develop, but the meat is still perfectly good to eat.  It just does not show the color like it would with separation.

 

Last edited: Nov 13, 2016

jomama

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thanks for the reply. I moved the salamis to two chambers and actually put them in the basement where the temp is better than the garage. Wife doesn't know yet.