Post by smokey on Dec 17, 2013 12:31:20 GMT 10
I recieved a dry aging bag from Misty Gully a while ago to trial.
On the instructions it say they can be used to make cured meats so I set about a Coppacola.
Coppa is the pork neck, Meaning "Nape" Otherwise known as Collar Butt or Scotch Fillet.
So I set about curing one.
Then disaster hit.
Here is is in the cure bag just about to come out for rinsing
I tied it up using a butchers knot to get it into a round shape.
Into a bath of Italian red. This helps set the PH for the slow drying process. Up to 6 months at 12c and 85% Humidity.
More about that later.
Then a fresh rub,
To get this,, Ready to be bagged.
And that is where things went wrong
The Misty Gully bags do not work in a sunbeam cryovac.
They really need the snorkle type. I tried scrunching to get air channels, Everything I could but ended up ruining the bag.
So I was left with nothing to seal it with.
I put it back into normal cryovac and now serching around for a Ox bung. They are expensive at $80 for 10.
So I ordered some sheep bungs in the hope I can squeez this in.
If I succeed in getting this thing settled and aging I will post what I did to make it.
On the instructions it say they can be used to make cured meats so I set about a Coppacola.
Coppa is the pork neck, Meaning "Nape" Otherwise known as Collar Butt or Scotch Fillet.
So I set about curing one.
Then disaster hit.
Here is is in the cure bag just about to come out for rinsing
I tied it up using a butchers knot to get it into a round shape.
Into a bath of Italian red. This helps set the PH for the slow drying process. Up to 6 months at 12c and 85% Humidity.
More about that later.
Then a fresh rub,
To get this,, Ready to be bagged.
And that is where things went wrong
The Misty Gully bags do not work in a sunbeam cryovac.
They really need the snorkle type. I tried scrunching to get air channels, Everything I could but ended up ruining the bag.
So I was left with nothing to seal it with.
I put it back into normal cryovac and now serching around for a Ox bung. They are expensive at $80 for 10.
So I ordered some sheep bungs in the hope I can squeez this in.
If I succeed in getting this thing settled and aging I will post what I did to make it.