Extension Explores Food Preservation

Summer Series: August Session Recap

August Webinar Recap: Curing Meats


Dr. Chad Carr, Professor and State Extension Meat Specialist with the University of Florida, shared information on the curing of meat. He starts out with some definitions of processing and then describes the functional (salt, phosphate and nitrite) and sensory (sugar, spices, etc.) ingredients used in processed meat products. The steps in processing are presented with different types of products. Dr. Carr also addresses the food safety concerns with cured meats. Discussion follows about home cured bacon, jerky and fermented sausage.


The webinar from August 17, 2023 was recorded and is posted on our YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ-F2JyyZn4


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Contact and Resources Information:


Dr. Chad Carr— chadcarr@ufl.edu


Local University of Tennessee Extension County FCS Agents

https://utextension.tennessee.edu/office-locations-departments-centers/



Resources from Dr. Carr’s Presentation:


Videos showing the equipment and process of making Lean Textured Fine Meat


Home Cured Bacon (Missouri Extension)


Jerky


Extension Publications


Basics of Sausage Making (Georgia Extension)


Curing Pork Products at Home (Mississippi Extension)


Country Cured Ham (Georgia Extension)


How to Make a Country Ham (Kentucky Extension)


Country Curing Hams (Missouri Extension)


Dry Curing Virginia-Style Ham (Virginia Extension)


Beef Pastrami (Hawaii Extension)


Making Jerky (National Center for Home Food Preservation)



Fruit Leathers and Jerky (Colorado Extension)

Extension Resources: Food Preservation


National Center for Home Food Preservation


Literature Review for Cured/Smoked Meats


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