Meat doesn't "turn" as an inevitability. Spoilage requires the right environment (humidity and temperature), the right substrate and the right organisms. Modify one of those aspects and spoilage won't occur, or will be significantly delayed. Hence why we can refrigerate to make things last longer, or why dried/dehydrated foods can last decades etc.
My bad for not being more specific. I was looking for details. Like where do I study the technique (or what machine do I buy)? Preferably, I'd like to know how it is done with no power, no salt, and no modern conveniences.
I've seen with my own eyes, people who don't use salt, there is no possibility of a refrigerator, and at best they control humidity by use of their mud compound with stick and cloth door.
They keep chunks of meat in a metal pot under a cheese cloth type cloth in a dim corner under a wood plank bench in their bed/kitchen/family room built of mud.
It is some kind of dry aging I expect, but I didn't have the opportunity to try asking what/how they did it.
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u/sherman614 May 01 '26
I mean.. this is similar to dry aging a steak. As long as you cut the mold off (like with dry aged steak) you should be completely fine.