Why use cheese cloth?

[forkin pork]

I kind of wondering why do people use cheese cloth wrapped around some cuts of meats being cured?
I always thought that it was used as an old time method of keeping flies off the meat while it hung in the open air.

 

[PerazziMx14]

Please remove

 

[forkin pork]

. The wicking ability can be an unwanted feature.

Yes I know what you mean about the wicking effect

Sooo, if I have a sealed curing chamber, there should really be no need for me to use cheese cloth?

 

[daveomak]

Ask the person that was using the cheese cloth... There could be a very good reason...

 

[PerazziMx14]

Please remove

 

[forkin pork]

Ask the person that was using the cheese cloth

NOW WHY DIDN"T THINK OF THAT??? :confused:

 

[SonnyE]

Because Cheesecloth tastes a whole lot better than a burlap bag...

Don't shoot me, you asked.:D

 

[chopsaw]

I've seen it used to control case hardening in sausage . Wrapped around the sausage , then a long end in a bowl of water wicks moisture .