Smoking Meat Forum - The Best Barbecue,Removal of mold,Homemade Sausage MakingDry-Cured Sausage withMold, Useful Properties of Foods,What is that white stuff on the outside of my salami?

Yes.It's beneficial to aging dry salami with mold.All of our dry salami is inoculated with a harmless mold to help with the aging process.Both white and blue mold can be found in our dry salami.

How do you make a white mold?The sausage should be wiped down with either white vinegar or a salt/water solution.After you wipe it down, I would spray it on.Not all white mold is good.

The mold that cures sausages is called Penicillium.A dry sausage's white powder is not flour,bacteria, or saltpeter.It is not a fungus.

There are two types of moldy cheese.Some people have mold that grows on the surface, usually a white mold.There is blue or green mold in the interior.Oxygen can get into the interior by running thick needles through it.