mereside
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I started the whole process on the 6th jan and has been hung for a month now i did not weigh it last night but it looks like it has lost alot and had shrunk down in size nicely and after a week away in france eating lovely meat i could not resist last night,
not very scientific but curiosity got the better of me, the meat had a little moisture still left but i think i prefare that to be honest.
On my next batch i will weigh it in stages the site i took the recipe from said between a month and two so i am not really sure if there is a proper way to tell and this is my first one so i guess i got lucky.
the flavour of the meat comes through all the other tastes really well and you can taste a hint of salt it is really in the background and not one bit over powering like i have heard from wet cures.
This has really spurred me on now to buy some cases and get alot done in one go I also want to do a nice iron hanger for the kitchen and a wooden/iron stand for another leg I really have to say to anyone wanting to try give it a go as it is as good as it looks or anything you will buy in the shops, wayne
ps i know in my original post it was going to be left for up to two months i guess i just have to keep it a little while longer to see what differences there is between to decide whats best.
not very scientific but curiosity got the better of me, the meat had a little moisture still left but i think i prefare that to be honest.
On my next batch i will weigh it in stages the site i took the recipe from said between a month and two so i am not really sure if there is a proper way to tell and this is my first one so i guess i got lucky.
the flavour of the meat comes through all the other tastes really well and you can taste a hint of salt it is really in the background and not one bit over powering like i have heard from wet cures.
This has really spurred me on now to buy some cases and get alot done in one go I also want to do a nice iron hanger for the kitchen and a wooden/iron stand for another leg I really have to say to anyone wanting to try give it a go as it is as good as it looks or anything you will buy in the shops, wayne
ps i know in my original post it was going to be left for up to two months i guess i just have to keep it a little while longer to see what differences there is between to decide whats best.
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