DRY MEAT RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• 1 Boil water in a large sauce pan, add the dry meat. This process will take a while as you need to get the dry meat soft. This process may take up to three to four hours.
• 2 During this process, you can change the water out.
• 3 Once the dried meat is soft, add the potatoes or hominy and salt pork. At this point, you do not want to change the water because this is where you capture all of the flavor.
• 4 Bring the soup to a boil then turn to medium heat until the remaining ingredients are cooked through.

Steps:

• Mix the last three ingredients well, rubbing out all lumps.
• Divid mixture into three equal portions.
• Place meat in a large bowl and rub thoroughly with one portion of the mixture; let stand one day.
• Drain off any liquid and follow same procedure on second and third days, turning meat several times a day.
• Allow meat to remain in bowl for 7 more days, then hang up until meat stops dripping.
• When dripping has stopped, hang in a cool place about 6 weeks to dry thoroughly (a good curing temperature is approximately 40F).
• Wrap meat in clean muslin bags and keep in a cool place.
• If in 6 months, meat becomes too hard, soak in cold water for 24 hours and wipe dry.
• Wrap again in muslin and hang in a cool place.