Cut, Toss, or Keep As-Is?

[GrumpyGriller]

So I pulled this out of the bag yesterday and patted it dry. It went uncovered in the fridge to form the pellicle. It looks fine except for the white stuff on the one jagged edge.

Was going to smoke it overnight, but?

Thoughts and suggestions?

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks like mold to me. What was your curing recipe, length of cure, fridge temp etc?

 

[pc farmer]

I agree with Jake. More info needed. Looks like mold.

 

[GrumpyGriller]

• 1 1/3 teaspoons Prague Powder #1
• 5 Tablespoons coarse Kosher salt
• 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 3Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 3 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

Was a 5lb piece, wrapped n Ziploc for 10 days, flipped and massage daily. Fridge at 37.

 

[chopsaw]

Its Mold . Looks fuzzy and starting to turn green . I would toss it myself . Not saying you should , but fuzzy mold is bad in my opinion .

 

[GrumpyGriller]

Its Mold . Looks fuzzy and starting to turn green . I would toss it myself . Not saying you should , but fuzzy mold is bad in my opinion .

At the moment, thinking same, but can't figure out how, and just that spot

 

[TNJAKE]

• 1 1/3 teaspoons Prague Powder #1
• 5 Tablespoons coarse Kosher salt
• 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 3Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 3 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

Was a 5lb piece, wrapped n Ziploc for 10 days, flipped and massage daily. Fridge at 37.

Is rec

• 1 1/3 teaspoons Prague Powder #1
• 5 Tablespoons coarse Kosher salt
• 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 3Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 3 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes

Was a 5lb piece, wrapped n Ziploc for 10 days, flipped and massage daily. Fridge at 37.

I can't say what caused the mold. Maybe sugar? But it certainly is mold. You should look into measuring your cure and the rest of spices in grams and get away from the "tablespoon plus a teaspoon" measurements. I wouldn't eat it but also not recommending you should toss it until you get more feedback

 

[chopsaw]

I could be anything . Something touched that spot , or that could be the starting point . Is it fuzzy ?

 

[TNJAKE]

I could be anything . Something touched that spot , or that could be the starting point . Is it fuzzy ?

Honestly fuzzy or not I wouldn't eat meat with mold unless I purposely put the mold there myself like in some charcuterie. But I'm curious as well. I'm sure he knows what mold looks like. GrumpyGriller do you think it's mold?

 

[pc farmer]

I am going to get some hate but I would cut the moldy part off and smoke it.

 

[GrumpyGriller]

My first thought was mold as well....just po'd for losing 10 days of effort. Guess it’s time to defrost the other piece and start again. Oh well.

 

[TNJAKE]

I am going to get some hate but I would cut the moldy part off and smoke it.

Just curious how you came to that conclusion

 

[GrumpyGriller]

I am going to get some hate but I would cut the moldy part off and smoke it.

I really considered that, but if there are other spots not quite so obvious, the emergency room copay would be 3x the cost of the wasted belly.

 

[pc farmer]

Just curious how you came to that conclusion

Cause people are telling him to pitch it. The cure looks close to me without doing the calculations

 

[TNJAKE]

I really considered that, but if there are other spots not quite so obvious, the emergency room copay would be 3x the cost of the wasted belly.

Cure penetrates from the surface to the center is why I'm concerned. You have surface mold

 

[TNJAKE]

Cause people are telling him to pitch it. The cure looks close to me without doing the calculations

Nobody here said pitch it. I said I wouldn't eat it but wait for more advice. chopsaw also didn't say pitch it. Just that he wouldn't eat it. But you say cut the mold off and eat it with no reasoning other than "cause people are telling him to pitch it".

 

[GrumpyGriller]

Cure penetrates from the surface to the center is why I'm concerned. You have surface mold

That's why it doesn't make sense. Flipping and massaging the bag 9 days in a row wouldn't lead to missed spots I'd think. At the moment, strongly leaning towards dumping it.

 

[pc farmer]

Nobody here said pitch it. I said I wouldn't eat it but wait for more advice. chopsaw also didn't say pitch it. Just that he wouldn't eat it. But you say cut the mold off and eat it with no reasoning other than "cause people are telling him to pitch it". Maybe you shouldn't give food safety advice?

If you read my post I said the cure looks close without doing the calculations
And I said I would catch hell for posting what I did, I wasn't wrong. Have a good evening

 

[TNJAKE]

That's why it doesn't make sense. Flipping and massaging the bag 9 days in a row wouldn't lead to missed spots I'd think. At the moment, strongly leaning towards dumping it.

That's throws me off as well. Maybe something was wrong before the cure. Just because you dumped some cure on it doesn't mean you can't have an unrelated issue

 

[TNJAKE]

If you read my post I said the cure looks close without doing the calculations
And I said I would catch hell for posting what I did, I wasn't wrong. Have a good evening

Was just pointing out nobody said "pitch it". There are people here smarter than me or you who can make that call