Disaster strikes in the ziploc bags!
 

Today is a sad sad day for me. Last month I made a bunch of deer jerky with my dehydrator. I stored away four 2gal bags full of it. Today I went looking for a tasty treat only to find...

mold all over the jerky! wth? this has never happened to me in the few years I've been making this stuff. I didn't use any cure but I've never had to as my dehydrator sucks 99.9% of the moisture out and it's never been a problem.

I'm bummed, I guess I better start using some sort of cure to make sure this doesn't happen again. Any suggestions on a cure?

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Storejerky in the 'fridge or freezer. Even with the cure it can get moldy if there's a couple of mold spores and any moisture in the bags.

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[:@][:@][:@]NOOOOOOO!!! NOT THE JERKY!!!! [:@][:@][:'(][:'(]:(:(:([X(][X(]

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I think you can vacuum seal it in a bag and it will keep, or so I've been told. I always eat mine up fast enough that it doesn't get a chance to spoil.

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Well, geee, thanks alot for telling me now instead of a month ago Christine. ;)

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Yes you can prevent it. Make sure if you use zip locks, get as much as the air out as possible, then keep it cold. In the freezer or in the fridge. I prefer the freezer.

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This is a sad day.

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sorry to hear....yea..Christine said

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My heart goes out to you and your family in your time of need... [:@]

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A moment of silence ........ please ! ;)

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also, make sure the jerky is completely cooled before putting them in the baggies. Even the slightest amount of heat trapped in there can collect moisture.

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Definitely a Sad Day!!

Dan

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That sucks man I feel for ya

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+1, I always will leave the "warm" jerky in an open bag, until cooled off. But I think you may have left it a little too moist as well if it molded. I've NEVER in nearly 20yrs. of making jerky had any develop mold. I also DO NOT use any "cure" on my jerky meat. Here is what I do for mine...and I've never yet had any jerky go uneaten, and my 2 and 4yr old eat it like candy. In all honesty, you really do NOT NEED "curing salt" for jerky if you use a high enough salt content because the high sodium content will cure the meat without using a curing salt. I do not care for curing salt in jerky because it ruins the flavor. I DO use it in my Summer Sausage/Trail Bologna, but NEVER in my jerky. Curing Salts are in nearly EVERY pre-packaged jerky mix, and in all honesty are essentially unnecessary if you use a recipe with a high enough sodium content, which the recipe below DOES HAVE.

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Sorry you lost your jerky. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

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[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

R.I.P [8D]

I put a paper towel in my bag to suck out any moisture.

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Sorry, to hear about your loss....if I had a spare doe I would lend it to you.

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Thanks for your thoughts and prayers in this sensitive time guys. It's ok though, I had a few beers to help with the closure and poured some on the ground outside for my fallen jerky.

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Man that blows!!!!4- 2 gal bags makes me want to cry for you!! Maybe I will just have a beer in memory of your jerky!!!Walt

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That is a sad day . I put mine in the freezer to help keep it

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I would give you the doe I shot, but
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She's all mine.......:D I'm making jerky!!!!!!!

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Sorry Dude!! That stinks, DJ is the best!!!!

Hatchet Jack

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Scrape it off and eat it! What's the worst that can happen?


J/K!

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I keep mine in the frig, my inlaws. Yep, went back for the holidays and forgot it in their frig. Mold does not sound that bad, just kidding.

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That stinks. Bad news form sure.

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Try using sodium nitrate. Keeps for awhile with that. Not that mine gets a chance to keep much more than a week. I cure/season my own and now have permission to drop it off at my fave butcher shop....... I work/help out there part time I guess.