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Title: Rind White Spots - Remove Before Oiling?
Post by: Homestead on January 26, 2011, 01:06:17 AM
Ok..I'll make this breif.  I made a beautiful jack.  It took about three 1/2 days to dry.  I dry salted it a couple of time during drying because of excess moisture.  Everything looks good except for a couple of tiny spots of white (not sure it from salting or geo mold).  I moved to the aging room and decided to apply "salt/vinegar" brine and let dry off again before I oil it.  My plan is to oil with a paste of oil and powdered red pepper.  So my question is will it be ok to oil over possible geo mold spots?  Any info will be helpful...Thx
Title: Re: Rind White Spots - Remove Before Oiling?
Post by: zenith1 on January 26, 2011, 04:08:48 PM
Homestead- I would bet that since it is so early that it is probably salt. I don't think that after dry rubbing with salt twice that you would see it that soon. If it were a contaminant you would want to remove it before going to your next step whether it is a rub rind, vacuum bagged whatever.