Hey all, I am looking to do a Double Smoked ham from start to finish for a Christmas pot luck. Now I don't have anywhere to hang it or great humidity control, so I guess I will be doing a City Ham. I have a few questions.
When I Cure the ham, bone in my understanding is I will need to inject it to prevent spoiling? If the bone is removed by the butcher would I be able to do it without injecting (my personal preference).
Even if I inject the ham, am I right to assume that the 40 to 140 rule does not apply to it because the ham is cured and therefor botulism not a concern? So I could cold smoke it say, for 11 hours (the duration of an AMNPS), wrap for a couple days, and then hot smoke it to temp?
Also if I am not injecting, my cure time would be significantly longer, is there a post with a guide for it somewhere?
Thanks all.
When I Cure the ham, bone in my understanding is I will need to inject it to prevent spoiling? If the bone is removed by the butcher would I be able to do it without injecting (my personal preference).
Even if I inject the ham, am I right to assume that the 40 to 140 rule does not apply to it because the ham is cured and therefor botulism not a concern? So I could cold smoke it say, for 11 hours (the duration of an AMNPS), wrap for a couple days, and then hot smoke it to temp?
Also if I am not injecting, my cure time would be significantly longer, is there a post with a guide for it somewhere?
Thanks all.