Curing chump joint

[morrit]

Curing a chump joint immersed in salt. Got to be cured for 9 days (3 days per kilo). Can I use the salt again? If I dried it out... just thinking really.

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• morrit
• Apr 8, 2016

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• morrit
• Apr 8, 2016

 

[smokin monkey]

No, discard it. It's drawing moisture out of the meat and into the salt, along with any bacteria etc on the surface.

 

[morrit]

I didn't factor bacteria into it as salt makes it inhospitable for breeding but better safe than sorry.