Hi,
Do you know what over boiled eggs smell like? Those that have green to grayish yolks? That’s what my wet cured pork butt smells like.
I got into smoking just a few weeks ago and eventually got interested in curing meat. Just to try, I bought a 1.5kg pork butt from a local butcher (newly butchered pig), and cured it using the following mixture:
1.1L water
36g sea salt
6g curing salt no. 1
10g brown sugar
I injected some of the mixture, put it in a plastic bucket making sure it was entirely submerged, then to the fridge, and that’s it. Just a day after I started, I noticed it was starting to smell like over boiled eggs (or volcanic ashes… I wish I could provide a better example). It was strong, but the meat looks fine. By strong, I meant it wasnt pleasant at all.
I’m not sure if this is what it was supposed to smell like as I have never seen a meat being cured before, whether wet or dry.
Is this smell normal? Thanks in advance for the help.
Do you know what over boiled eggs smell like? Those that have green to grayish yolks? That’s what my wet cured pork butt smells like.
I got into smoking just a few weeks ago and eventually got interested in curing meat. Just to try, I bought a 1.5kg pork butt from a local butcher (newly butchered pig), and cured it using the following mixture:
1.1L water
36g sea salt
6g curing salt no. 1
10g brown sugar
I injected some of the mixture, put it in a plastic bucket making sure it was entirely submerged, then to the fridge, and that’s it. Just a day after I started, I noticed it was starting to smell like over boiled eggs (or volcanic ashes… I wish I could provide a better example). It was strong, but the meat looks fine. By strong, I meant it wasnt pleasant at all.
I’m not sure if this is what it was supposed to smell like as I have never seen a meat being cured before, whether wet or dry.
Is this smell normal? Thanks in advance for the help.