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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    pellicles look like mold? I am very inexperienced lol.
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    meatloaf reacted to indaswamp's post in the thread Dry cure bacon first time! with Like Like.
    The problem with black mold is that it has roots that penetrate into the meat. As @SmokinEdge mentioned, just trim off the end where the...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    yeah not sure. .... i ended up garbaging that one. there was no condensation in the drawer but i did it in a ziploc bag so that would be...
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    meatloaf reacted to Astralogics's post in the thread Dry cure bacon first time! with Like Like.
    Sorry, I forgot to respond. I'm sure you wouldn't take an actual whiff of it lol, but I guess you could describe it as earthy or musty...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    maybe it was the ziploc bag but it was a new one.. only 1 out of 4 bags had the mold. i ended up garbaging it because i found a spot...
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    meatloaf reacted to SmokinEdge's post in the thread Dry cure bacon first time! with Like Like.
    It’s whole muscle not sausage, so yes like I mentioned earlier, trim anything that doesn’t look right. You really don’t need to waste a...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    nope i did not. i wasnt thinking and just threw it in the smoker..... so you dont think that it is black mold? And i should be able to...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    Ok so I put it in the smoker with the rest of the bellies this morning because another person told me it was just partially...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    yeah like it is kind of grey looking.
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    it doesnt have any smell. does black mold smell? i put everything in one of the drawers in the fridge and I keep a digital thermometer...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    it was 34f for most of the two weeks then I filled it with a bunch of stuff the last 2 days so the temp raised to 40f.
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Dry cure bacon first time!.
    Followed recipe exactly. 12 days in fridge with temp around 30-40f the whole time. Is this salt or mold? Looks like mold to me. What do...
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    meatloaf reacted to zwiller's post in the thread Pork Jowl Bacon with Like Like.
    Pork jowl was big here. Was less than half the price of bacon. Store that stocked it been closed so not sure what's going on as of...
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    meatloaf reacted to Fueling Around's post in the thread Pork Jowl Bacon with Like Like.
    They got you covered to make regular bacon. I have bought jowl bacon a few times, but the commercial stuff just isn't worth it to me...
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    meatloaf replied to the thread Pork Jowl Bacon.
    Ok done! In the fridge and will report back on the result. Thanks!
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