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  1. ldrus

    what to believe?

    checking humidity percentage not temp.
  2. ldrus

    what to believe?

    ok so i am testing my basement and little dorm fridge  for humidity , i have a  digital indoor /outdoor temp gauge with humidity and a spring dial gauge  they are about 10% diffrent from each other  is there a way to know which is the correct one?
  3. ldrus

    slim jim recipe???

    It doesn't taste like slim jims but ac leggs #116 stickmix and encapsulated citric acid for tang is a great tasting stick
  4. ldrus

    Question about pork

    Going low and slow in the oven will have the same end result ,try adding a little liquid smoke to make up for not smoking it.
  5. ldrus

    1st snack stick

    No need to soak the collagen caseings unless they are old and a little brittle. Then just a quick dip in warm water does the trick. I make a snack stick that has ghost,habinero,cayenne pepper in it. They r delicious.
  6. ldrus

    how to charge

    Lately I have been asked several times to smoke fooe for people. Ribs,butts,bacon etc. How do you charge for something like this? O have taken one job so far and it was a slab of ribs for a slab of ribs
  7. ldrus

    Tip for dehydrators

    My dehydrator just died after 20yrs of service during a pepper drying session.
  8. ldrus

    juniper berrys

    thanks guys
  9. ldrus

    juniper berrys

    not sure if this is the place to post  or not but since i see it called for in sausage recipes ill ask. what does juniper berry taste like? what does it bring to the dish its added to? i am palnning on doing some bacon soon and wonder if this would be a good additive for flavor
  10. ldrus

    just hangin out!

    Love the flavor. A cured chicken taste a little diffrent Then one that wasn't, and to me. This is it! As a kid my dad would get a few smoked chickens from a freind. When he had us over for Sunday dinners and its a flavor that put into long-term memory. And I think I'm pretty close to that...
  11. ldrus

    just hangin out!

    Smoked for 8hrs used alder/cherry wood.
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  14. ldrus

    Smoked Chicken Ongoing View!

    Make sure you get threw the danger zone if enough time.(40deg to 140 deg in 4hrs or less). When I do poultry that I haven't cured I run my temps high like 275-300 . 200/225 might be to low to keep safe.
  15. ldrus

    Smoked Chicken Ongoing View!

    im watchin!!  pulled mine from the brine this am, rinsed off real good  and put back in a bucket of ice water for 15 minutes  to equalize a little then in the smokehouse they went . 130deg for 1hr then to 150 and smoke will run thaqt for a few hrs then climb up to 200 until birds finish.
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    just hangin out!

  17. ldrus

    just hangin out!

    Been in cure for 36hrs. Going in smokehouse now. Stay tuned!
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    Smoked Chicken Ongoing View!

    Have 4 birds in the tub myself, going in the smokehouse in the am. I cured mine so going low and slow to take a deep smoke.
  20. ldrus

    bactoferm question

    Reading and trying to learn the art of charcuterie, but this bactoferm stuff has me scratching my head. Is there a " all purpose" one to use or are the meats really that specific on what to use
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