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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    no divorces from said slab of raw meat in fridge for 100 days?
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  • dharley
    dharley Posts: 377
    bgebrent said:
    It’s ribeye, prime.  And @DoubleEgger used an Umai bag.  No significant difference to naked.
    Were they aged in the same chamber? Sorry for the interrogation, I've began a little charcuterie with the help of @Sea2Ski; just bacon and sausages so far. I've read about the Umai bags for whole muscle and larger, longer aged products so I was just curious.  
    LBGE, PSWOO, 36" Blackstone, MasterBuilt smoke box- Playing with fire in Three Rivers, MI

    My '23 & Me' said I'm 2/3 bacon and 1/3 Red Blooded American

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    nolaegghead said:
    no divorces from said slab of raw meat in fridge for 100 days?
    Disgust but no divorce.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,176
    dharley said:
    bgebrent said:
    It’s ribeye, prime.  And @DoubleEgger used an Umai bag.  No significant difference to naked.
    Were they aged in the same chamber? Sorry for the interrogation, I've began a little charcuterie with the help of @Sea2Ski; just bacon and sausages so far. I've read about the Umai bags for whole muscle and larger, longer aged products so I was just curious.  
    No. We both did one starting the same day at each of our houses. No difference. No need to buy the bags. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Where you have less than optimal humidity as you find in home refrigerators (typically less than 50%, you really want it more humid) what happens is the outside of the meat develops a shell that slows down moisture loss.

    So if you were to graph weight loss vs time with low humidity/no bag vs high humidity/bag, you would find the no-bag looses moisture relatively quickly and tapers off, vs more of an long-term moisture loss (which also tapers off, but not as rapidly).

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    That hard "shell" is your enemy when you're aging outside of the safe temp zone (!= 32-40F) - for example, bresaola.

    Really just running my post count up.   Fun to make all this stuff up.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    But in the end, bag or no bag, low or high humidity, the outer crust development is self-correcting and you get more or less the same product with very similar moisture loss. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    nolaegghead said:
    But in the end, bag or no bag, low or high humidity, the outer crust development is self-correcting and you get more or less the same product with very similar moisture loss. 
    So they’re near equivalent, or almost the same, or close enough?  Just want to clarify.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,739
    nolaegghead said:
    But in the end, bag or no bag, low or high humidity, the outer crust development is self-correcting and you get more or less the same product with very similar moisture loss. 
    Don’t tell @RRP !
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

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  • dharley
    dharley Posts: 377
    nolaegghead said:
    That hard "shell" is your enemy when you're aging outside of the safe temp zone (!= 32-40F) - for example, bresaola.

    Really just running my post count up.   Fun to make all this stuff up.

    That's not made up. It sounds like you read Ruhlman's book too.
    LBGE, PSWOO, 36" Blackstone, MasterBuilt smoke box- Playing with fire in Three Rivers, MI

    My '23 & Me' said I'm 2/3 bacon and 1/3 Red Blooded American

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I'm kidding, I did read his book.  I have made bresaola and had the low humidity problem, so saw it first hand.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    JohnInCarolina said:
    nolaegghead said:
    But in the end, bag or no bag, low or high humidity, the outer crust development is self-correcting and you get more or less the same product with very similar moisture loss. 
    Don’t tell @RRP !
    you're killing me, man
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,805
    As the climax approaches, along comes the buffalo...talk about a deflated happening =)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387

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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    lousubcap said:
    As the climax approaches, along comes the buffalo...talk about a deflated happening =)
    is it?  test test test tickle
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    it went to the top, we good!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I need to go and buy some powerball tickets because a 1 in a quarter billion chance sounds like I'll definitely be rich.

    I totally get it.  You're buying a fantasy.
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387

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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109


    Was fixing the AC on my friend's car (flush, new dryer, etc) and decided it needed a Hello Kitty bad-assed graphic on the hood.  He thought it was funny but wife didn't have a sense of humor.  Few weeks later I repainted his hood.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    One small step for ‘a’ man; one giant threadquest for Nola.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    12 more posts to retirement!
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,739

    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109

    Raced this BMW E30 at Circuit of the Americas.
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    I just had to be part of this.  This is the 2nd Nola retirement I’ve gotten to experience.  Rock on!!

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Mattman3969 said:
    I just had to be part of this.  This is the 2nd Nola retirement I’ve gotten to experience.  Rock on!!
    whoop whoop!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Running out of material here.  This is hard.
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    edited March 2019
    1-800-Save-Nola was not long ago.  Around B.B. 1.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,739
    nolaegghead said:
    Running out of material here.  This is hard.
    Pretty soon you’ll be out of ideas and ready to retire!
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

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