Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and a longtime subscriber of Jeff's newsletter. You can read my intro in my initial post if you'd like.
After poking around, it's clear that there are some hard-core meat men here and I can't wait to dig in and share some of my smoking adventures.
Ok, back to my question. I recently ran into a scenario that I need some expert advice on. During my last batch of snack sticks I ran out of casings (and time) so I vacuum packed the remaining ~5 lbs of meat mixture and froze it since it would be a week or more before I could finish. I didn't know what else to do since the meat already had cure added and was already in the fridge for 24 hours prior to stuffing. Well that week turned into months so my question is: can I thaw that cured meat, stuff it and smoke/cook it as normal?
Thanks!
I'm new to the forum and a longtime subscriber of Jeff's newsletter. You can read my intro in my initial post if you'd like.
After poking around, it's clear that there are some hard-core meat men here and I can't wait to dig in and share some of my smoking adventures.
Ok, back to my question. I recently ran into a scenario that I need some expert advice on. During my last batch of snack sticks I ran out of casings (and time) so I vacuum packed the remaining ~5 lbs of meat mixture and froze it since it would be a week or more before I could finish. I didn't know what else to do since the meat already had cure added and was already in the fridge for 24 hours prior to stuffing. Well that week turned into months so my question is: can I thaw that cured meat, stuff it and smoke/cook it as normal?
Thanks!