Adam, you read my mind. So, I watched those trussing vids of Indas, over and over, and over. That’s where I got the fold over idea from. It wasn’t until I started looking at my pics that your comment hit me, I bet that will affect drying. We shall see, this was my first experiment and I hope to learn and do many many more.3rd pic. Far one to the right. Did you fold extra casing up over? That may slow drying in that area. Other then that, cant wait to see sliced pics.
Adam, you read my mind. So, I watched those trussing vids of Indas, over and over, and over. That’s where I got the fold over idea from. It wasn’t until I started looking at my pics that your comment hit me, I bet that will affect drying. We shall see, this was my first experiment and I hope to learn and do many many more.
I like that idea Adam.....
Inda, my birthday is the 25th. I know my bday present is the apera ph meter w spear tip and Bluetooth. But under advisement from a few folks, I was willing to try this batch without a meter. I did the salami w tspx. I’m already familiar with that culture so I used 72 hours as a base, and then monitored temp and humidity. I pulled it from fermentation at 48 hours. Since it fermented in my oven, my temps spiked a few times to the upper 80s, had good color and my sample force meat was looked and smelled right (and I had someone in my ear along the way, hope I’m ok there).What was your final pH after fermentation? Did you check it?
Inda, my birthday is the 25th. I know my bday present is the apera ph meter w spear tip and Bluetooth. But under advisement from a few folks, I was willing to try this batch without a meter. I did the salami w tspx. I’m already familiar with that culture so I used 72 hours as a base, and then monitored temp and humidity. I pulled it from fermentation at 48 hours. Since it fermented in my oven, my temps spiked a few times to the upper 80s, had good color and my sample force meat was looked and smelled right (and I had someone in my ear along the way, hope I’m ok there).What was your final pH after fermentation? Did you check it?
...higher temps will ferment faster and provide a little more pH drop with the same amount of dextrose......