Storing Primal Cuts w/ Cloth?

[r4v3r23]

I get primal cuts (full rib rack) from my butcher and want to find a way to store them in my meat fridge w/o using plastic bags or butcher's paper wrap. I've heard of people using cheese clothes & cotton t-shirts. Any tips?

 

[chilerelleno]

Cheesecloth or such, is used for Dry Aging meat and sometimes for smoking meats.

 

[r4v3r23]

So they'd be perfect for storing my cuts. How often do they need to be changed?

 

[DanMcG]

Your meat will dry out.

 

[r4v3r23]

over 4-5 days? I'm OK with some moisture loss as long as it doesn't degrade the meat. Isn't cheese clothe used in DIY dry-aging?

 

[kit s]

I get primal cuts (full rib rack) from my butcher and want to find a way to store them in my meat fridge w/o using plastic bags or butcher's paper wrap. I've heard of people using cheese clothes & cotton t-shirts. Any tips?[/QUOTE
Cheese cloth maybe.Depend on time you plan to keep them. Biggest problem you will have using any fabric or plastics is moisture which will mold and sour your meat. Even hanging in a walk in this happened when cotton meat sacks were left on meat. Ruined the whole carcass.
If they are sealed in vac bags just leave them as air has been forced out so the bad stuff will take a whole lot longer to happen.
Best is the paper but still it will leak juice and well eventually meat will go south.
Freezing is best long term.
kit

 

[kit s]

This was supposed to be separated from quote, somehow I screwed that up...lol

 

[atomicsmoke]

Uncovered ....on a drying rack of some sorts.

 

[r4v3r23]

This was supposed to be separated from quote, somehow I screwed that up...lol

4-5 days max storage

Uncovered ....on a drying rack of some sorts.

I store it in a Dometic CDF36 at -1C

 

[kit s]

4-5 days max storage



I store it in a Dometic CDF36 at -1C

4 days marginal , think I would just stack them in a non reactive pan bone to skin and open or covered with a lid (open would be best).

 

[Bearcarver]

All I do is Vacuum seal & Freeze.
Anything else is over my head, but I'm just a Dumb Old Bear.

Bear

 

[r4v3r23]

I don't want to deal with vacuum bags/plastic unless I need long term storage. Right now I want to know how to keep meat fresh until I eat it

 

[Bearcarver]

I don't want to deal with vacuum bags/plastic unless I need long term storage. Right now I want to know how to keep meat fresh until I eat it

OK---I didn't know that's what you meant---But you do use them for long term storage?

Bear