Help- Maggots in my bacon

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Help- Maggots in my bacon

Postby jacklang » Thu May 05, 2005 8:22 am

I tried making bacon according to http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/ansci/g02528.htm
I cold smoked it for 36 hours, but when I removed it from the smoke it was crawling with blow-fly maggots.

Aside from general strictures about cleanliness and keeping flies out, I'm surprised they survived the high salt/sugar/saltpetre/smoke. What did I do wrong?
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Postby sausagemaker » Fri May 06, 2005 7:05 am

Hi Jacklang

Welcome to the forum

Whilst I have looked at the link you supplied,can you please post the recipe and the timeline that you used so that members can look over to see if we can be of any assistance in this matter

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