charcuterie starter cultures

[blucmal]

Wondering when making salami/salumi do you select starter culture for sausage type or for fermentation environment?.
Do specific cultures produce specific flavors to suit specific types sausage?

 

[daveomak]

Wondering when making salami/salumi do you select starter culture for sausage type or for fermentation environment?.
Do specific cultures produce specific flavors to suit specific types sausage?

Yes and Yes.... Locations each have specific bacteria.... that is what determines the flavors of the meats....
Today's cultures have been specifically selected, to mimic the flavor profiles of the sausage made in those area... From north-eastern Europe to the shores of the Mediterranean, flavor profiles of each region defined the local products.....
Cultures are environment specific as are the native bacteria in each region... they are, after all, cloned to be the same to duplicate each region specific environment and flavor...

 

[blucmal]

Awesome thanks.