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FRIGGIN MAGGOT

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fishlessman
fishlessman Posts: 32,767
edited June 2016 in EggHead Forum
thats what dad says when something goes wrong.

lamb proscuitto didnt make it past 30 days after the salt. all was looking good until last week when the string broke and it crashed to the floor. next time wire it up. must have split into the moister tissue. this week MAGGOT

was starting to LOOK like prosciutto, SMELLED like prosciutto, TASTED like prosciutto...well i didnt go that far ;)
friggin maggot


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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,600
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    Well that stinks big time. Back on the horse
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  • fishlessman
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    Jstroke said:
    Well that stinks big time. Back on the horse
    this fall when things start to chill up again =) probably would get more responce with this post if i posted the pics with the maggots =)=)
    fukahwee maine

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    meh.  still edible.

    hahaha

    actually...  the peppering of many hanging meats comes from an attempt to shoo the flies, not because people like peppered ham.

    your recipe just said to hang?

    i have done that with bresaola and not had any issues.


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    fishlessman said:
    Jstroke said:
    Well that stinks big time. Back on the horse
    this fall when things start to chill up again =) probably would get more responce with this post if i posted the pics with the maggots =)=)
    I looked and looked at that pic, and swear I saw one. Was almost certain that you would post a maggot pic.

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,767
    edited June 2016
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    meh.  still edible.

    hahaha

    actually...  the peppering of many hanging meats comes from an attempt to shoo the flies, not because people like peppered ham.

    your recipe just said to hang?

    i have done that with bresaola and not had any issues.


    it said net for the first couple days, hung some cheese cloth, no pepper. im sure it happened from the string breaking from the somewhat sharp hole i drilled thru the bone the impact split some meat off the bone =) it was interesting that there was no rotten meat smell comeing from it that you usually get when there is maggots, nice clean proscuitto aroma. oh what the hell, the maggot shot =)

    caliking made me do it ;)
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    no need to toss the whole thing, unless the maggots got all the way up thru it

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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    no need to toss the whole thing, unless the maggots got all the way up thru it

    2/3 way following the bone, planned on saving it if i could cut the bottom off, was past the halfway point befor figuring it was a gonna. next one gets the pepper and its getting wired. temps were still nice, about 60 degrees and good humidity, had a light mold that wiped off with salty vinegar per the directions after the first week that did not return. fan running, window screened. kerplunk on the floor did not help, maybe should have resalted the wounds
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
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    Yeah


    too bad

    how long was the time under salt? I know you jammed salt in the joint. Really need to pack it in there. I would go a day per pound or 7 days minimum
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  • fishlessman
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    7.8 pounder, recipe had an 8 pounder  and went 4 days, mine was in 4 days and maybe 20 hours. after this im going longer =) im sure though it was wetter meat that split open with the fall that got exposed. when it was weighted down it was maybe 3 inches the thickest part. i used a very fine canning salt in the cut area and did push it in pretty hard, may have needed more. i know how to make bait now =)
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
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    can't really dry cure three inches in three days, unless in a brine.

    seems too short a time to be honest


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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    can't really dry cure three inches in three days, unless in a brine.

    seems too short a time to be honest


    it was just short of 5 days, is there a chart on thickness with dry curing times anywhere. the link i followed had the times by weight, seems thickness would be more accurate.
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    FWIW, those maggots look well fed and taken care of :smiley:

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  • Jstroke
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    You could always throw out the meat and save the maggots for trout fishing
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     :o 
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  • SGH
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    @fishlessman
    Brother fish, for the reasons you listed above, I either tie around the bone or thread through a tendon with a large threading needle that I made. Have had great luck thus far. 
    Home made threading needle. 



    Various tie options. Around the bone or through a tendon. 

    Hanging.  


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  • Dobie
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    I don't cure meat so bare with me but what does falling from the hanging position do with maggots? I mean the flies can just lay eggs from anywhere? 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
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    Dobie said:
    I don't cure meat so bare with me but what does falling from the hanging position do with maggots? I mean the flies can just lay eggs from anywhere? 
    Surface broke open and the meat was softer in the interior. ...and it was a short cure, i'm betting there's a chance the very interior wasn't fully cured. 
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    http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/guy-and-hunters-european-vacation/100-series/italy-and-switzerland.html

    This an episode from the fellow that does Diners, Drive Inns and Dives he visits a place that makes Parma hams, I found it interesting because we had visited the same place in 2010.  Same two people, the owner and his daughter, gave us the tour and so much Parma ham for lunch that my wife and her friend swore that they never wanted to eat ham again.

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  • nolaegghead
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    Maggot debridement therapy is a real thing. 

    https://www.google.com/search?q=maggot+debridement+therapy&biw=1407&bih=753&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLvKjf2LnNAhUD3IMKHaPRBesQ_AUIBigB

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  • fishlessman
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    nolaegghead said:
    Maggot debridement therapy is a real thing. 

    https://www.google.com/search?q=maggot+debridement+therapy&biw=1407&bih=753&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLvKjf2LnNAhUD3IMKHaPRBesQ_AUIBigB

    so i could have bait with me all the time, that would keep them from freezing in the winter as well. nice
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