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Originally Posted by stiffy
I started a Pork Butt yesterday in Tenderquick and Brown Sugar, cut it in half before rubbing, then wrapped twice in plastic wrap, and then into zippered bags.
Question is there is a bunch of liquid that has ran out and was wondering if this is all my TQ and Brown Sugar ran out the plastic wrap? Will it still work? worried I guess..
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you will be fine. that's just natural when curing meat. make sure to turn the meat over 180 degrees about every day or so. Also, you mentioned that you cut the butt in half? If so, you may want to cut back on cure time. I usually go ten days for a whole butt. If you have two "half's", there will be less thicknesss and the cure should penetrate a little quicker.
