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Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
They are computer usb fans and yes they were a bit to fast... I turned them to low a few days ago, but the bottom of the 23 mm already dried too fast. I was thinking about putting them on the top of the box to force down moist air vs push up and dry out the bottom of the small sausages too fast? -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Checked my sausage today, was going to throw it all out, to my surprise it was still looking, smelling and tasting good. The ends of the 23 mm dry a bit fast and funky. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Great idea, thanks for your help! I will post some pics as things progress. haeffnkr -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
@SmokinEdge I am very impressed with your ability to tell me how my process is flawed. The fact that you are doing it from several hundred miles away and have not met me, tasted my work, seen my setup and lived in my conditions makes it all the more miraculous. I have supplied pictures... -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
My sausage is not going to case harden to the point it will rot because the humidity is not 36%. in my curing environment. I agree that case hardening would happen if sausage was dried in a 36 % environment. thanks for everything -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
that Sure ... will keep an eye on it and add a mini humidifier if that happens. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
@SmokinEdge You are saying my sausage will rot before it is ready? -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Cleaned the salami up and got them hung in by drying box. THANKS for all the help today. I have been wanting to try salami for a couple years, hope it works out. I have made tons of cured summer sausage though, yes tons. @SmokinEdge you can better see the intake fan bottom right and the... -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
I live in Missouri , US just west of St Louis MO. - years ago before the weather got a bit hotter than it does now, we would make summer sausage , smoke it outside and leave it until it was ready about 6 weeks. Some years it dried a bit too fast some years it was perfect. It never got thrown... -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
See the pics and let me know if you have more questions. thanks haeffnkr Inside basement temp and humidity and outside conditions - is it cold snowing/raining now . Inside chamber is it 50 degrees now with the cold air pulled from the concrete wall. - show in the above pic. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Yes. In my experience with the box loaded up there is always enough humidity to keep it high as you want it. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Correct :) Got that set right now to stay between 86 and 87... will bump down as it gets dryer. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
Yes, what ever the basement air is... stays mid 30s ... right now it is 36%. I tried last year to put in a mini humidifier that was controller switched and it could not keep up with the demand. I just run the vent fans now and it is working great now, I have had it going for 10 days now. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
20 grams of corn sugar and 30 grams of table sugar for 19.8 pounds and 6 grams of t-spx No on the ph check. -
Salami... White mold and sticky cases??
3% the recipe says. - 252 grams of kosher salt for 19.8 pounds of pork. Used this recipe - https://tasteofartisan.com/homemade-salami-milano/ This recipe and the ingredients/amounts are similar to the Rytek Kutas salami recipe. I made 19.8 pounds and multiplied each ingredient by 9 to...
