To dry cure meat with salt cover it entirely in salt for a full day.
Room for curing food.
Plug straight into the humidity controller.
After the application place meat into a plastic food storage bag and tightly seal.
When most people think of curing they think of salting meat.
Curing will remove this excess moisture and all it contains.
It s got the larger cleaning hole which is a plus also.
This moisture affects taste fragrance and cannabinoid content potency.
I spent a good deal reading before venturing into curing meats and you should too.
Best used to cure hams bacon and smaller cuts of meat dry curing involves applying the cure mix directly on the meat.
For most curing chambers this should do the job very nicely.
The room should ideally be kept between 60 and 70 degrees fahrenheit with a humidity level between 45.
There were a few good books i ve read and these two charcuterie and salumi by ruhlman polcyn are very good.
Thoroughly wash and sanitize the inside of the dry curing locker.
After curing remove excess salt by rinsing your meat.
Follow user manuals for controllers to set temperature to 60f and humidity to 70.
Curing is any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat fish and vegetables by the addition of salt with the aim of drawing moisture out of the food by the process of osmosis because curing increases the solute concentration in the food and hence decreases its water potential the food becomes inhospitable for the microbe growth that causes food spoilage.
Plug the dry cure locker into power supply along with all controllers humidifier or dehumidifier and fan.
Notice the analog hygrometer on the back wall and the regular thermometer at left.
Curing can be thought of as an extension of drying with an altered environment to facilitate plant processes.
Even after plants branches or buds have dried on screens or been suspended in a drying room for five to seven days and appear to be dry they still contain moisture inside.
Curing has been a part of food preservation since the beginning of civilization.
Place humidity monitor thermometer inside the dry locker.
I had one of the older models but it s the same appliance with a bigger cleaning hole and they changed the.
For cannabis however no salt is needed.
In fact the ability of ancient humans to cure and thus store food for later consumption may have been the most important step to creating civilize societies.
The centuries old practice of curing foods with salt is simple to do and has been perfected over the years to create some of our favorite and well known delicacies from prosciutto to pepperoni.
From there put your meat in the refrigerator and let the curing process take place.
People have been curing their food for as long as there has been civilization.
Top rack for hanging meats.
