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    Basement Terroir, Capture the funk!

    I can get onboard with known good starter cultures. Brewing beer, for example, is much much better with the commercial yeast strains now available. Make beer with wild yeast...all bets are off. Apparently wild yeast don't always line up with your preferred palette. Once a good mold was...
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    Newbie Boston Butt Question - “sell by date.”

    Exactly! Use your sniffer.
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    Basement Terroir, Capture the funk!

    Will do! Thanks for taking a look. Yah, I don't want a wild mushroom garden in my basement. I will watch it and see if the good mold can maintain a hold. I have heard of people "culturing" their chambers or cheese caves, but they are not entirely made of wood. I just think back to how mold...
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    Basement Terroir, Capture the funk!

    Built a "Ham Box" out of Cedar. It sits in the basement like a cigar humidor for meat. This is my low tech curing chamber solution. Looking to have slightly higher humidity inside the box to slow down the drying of my mini salamis and encourage mold growth. I ferment a lot of sauerkraut and...
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    Salumi Palooza Jan, 2025 (Culatello 2024)

    I support boning out the hams into the big and little muscles. I'm not sure if the bone adds much to the curing process. I always worry about the bone going bad on all that meat. I'm with you, bone it out and make it more manageable. Curing a whole ham is a romantic idea, but I like the...
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    How do YOU make coffee?

    Roast my own beans in a cast iron pan, boil the grounds in a titanium cup. Splash of cold water to settle the pot. Pour and drink like you got somewhere to be. Drink it down or throw it out! Now that's the best part of waking up!
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    American Country Style Dry Aged Bacon is done

    Now that is what I think of when somebody uses the word bacon. 60 hour cold smoke, that's the way to do it. Just let it hang in the smoke like a regular at a dive bar. (My 2¢ opinion) I think people might be hung up on specifics when it comes to cured and smoked meat. Don't need the greatest...
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    Cocktails Thread

    Yes. It is a Paloma basically, but I also have never actually had a real version of this. I can't claim authenticity so I keep it simple. When it's hot out, less steps....lol.
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    Best way to portion a Boston Butt?

    Thanks for your ideas. Yes, the bone is a great flavor add. I have cured and cold smoked whole bone in pork butts, but it is a very large piece and the entire process takes much longer because of less surface area. Cutting up a pork butt is tricky because of all the "co-mingled" muscle...
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    Cold smoking bacon question

    That bacon looks amazing. Nice. I thought the whole point of making cured and smoked bacon was so it could hang out in the smoke house until you needed a piece, like a outdoor closet for secret meat. Lol. I guess it all depends on how hot it gets during the day, but letting it hang is all...
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    Best way to portion a Boston Butt?

    Yah, no great way to do it, but always trying to improve. 45 deg. cut you say....might give that a try. I stopped messing with every little piece for a while when I was curing and smoking, but then I realized those were my favorite pieces to enjoy. I didn't feel like I was disturbing the real...
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    Safe to Eat? Pastrami

    Can't be any worse than the store bought corned beef they sell down at the wall marts. That stuff is always slimy and needs a good rinse. Corking things up in a plastic bag is against nature as it is. I hung some of that store bought stuff up and cold smoked it. Gonna find out how it hangs...
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    Best way to portion a Boston Butt?

    So, meat prices remain high... I keep coming back to Boston butts. I just can't beat the price. How do you guys cut up a pork butt for portions? Any good tricks? I have been trying different ways to make cuts out of them which might improve their usefulness as a primary "we eat this all the...
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    So I did a thing.....

    Every Superhero needs a sidekick! Good luck with your new buddy.
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    Rice paper to wrap whole muscle cures.

    Gave the rice paper a try. It provides coverage, but is not very strong. I struggled to tie the piece up without destroying the rice paper. I guess it could work if you were very delicate with it, but it is not very durable for tying the piece up like you would a roast. Maybe rice paper is...
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