Time between cure and smoke

edwtimfor

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Time between cure and smoke

April 25, 2018, 06:26 PM

I have a picnic nearing the end of the calculated curing period but the weather will delay my chance to smoke it. How long can I hold the cured but raw ham before I smoke it?

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HorseDoctor

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April 25, 2018, 06:41 PM

A long time! Once cured, it is cured. If there is a desalination step in whatever recipe you are using, you may want to extend that a bit but otherwise an extra few days (or even weeks) shouldn't be a big problem. Enjoy!
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April 25, 2018, 07:41 PM

+ 1 ^^ Once it has absorbed enough salts to be cured , it can't absorb any more.
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