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Umai bags and humidity

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 04:28
by Albertaed
I have been gifted umai bags. Can I ferment and dry them exactly as I would my traditional salami. The info given is vague other than 68 degrees during ferment and then into the fridge. I was thinking of fermenting and drying with them same temp and humidity as I normally would.

Re: Umai bags and humidity

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 18:58
by Bob K
You can ferment them the same way. As for drying they are designed to work best in a low humidity ,low temperature environment. Drying slowly in a traditional chamber at higher temp and humidity usually causes a lot of unwanted mold growth under the casing.

Re: Umai bags and humidity

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 05:32
by redzed
I will echo Bob here. Use umai only at fridge temps in low humidity. I experimented by putting a couple of umai bagged salami into my curing chamber and they actually spoiled and were inedible.