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Pork shoulder smell?
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:18 pm
I'm going to smoke a pork shoulder tomorrow and got a 9lber from Rouses yesterday. The "sell thru" date was 1/13/15. As I was removing the pork skin, I smelled the area where the leg was cut off from it and noticed a very slight scent of manure or something like it. That portion has a large bone and was bloodier than the rest of the piece. The meat is pink or red with no discoloration.
Is that an unusual or problematic smell with pork? Most people would have probably missed it but I'm a bit OCD.
Is that an unusual or problematic smell with pork? Most people would have probably missed it but I'm a bit OCD.
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Posted on 12/31/14 at 8:20 pm to Jake88
Pork blood is pungent. If the shoulder was bad, everyone in your house would be complaining about the smell. Cook it to the proper temp. Use a thermometer to check doneness. Have a Happy New Year. 
Posted on 12/31/14 at 9:46 pm to Btrtigerfan
Thanks, it was the end with the blood. I've smoked dozens of Boston Butts and never encountered that slight smell, but it's got no skin and no exposed, cut bone.
Happy New Year to you too.
Happy New Year to you too.
This post was edited on 12/31/14 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:28 am to Jake88
Brine that shite amd cook it.
My mom bought all the managers special meat that you could shake a stick at and we lived.
My mom bought all the managers special meat that you could shake a stick at and we lived.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 10:23 am to CHEDBALLZ
Not familiar with that smell coming from fresh meat. I got food poisoning in 1978, I know how much I would have paid to be rid of the misery, it was 100,000X the food cost.
I have never risked it since then. Take it back.
I have never risked it since then. Take it back.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 1:18 pm to andouille
Was it in a cryo-vac bag, as if it was packaged like that from the packer? Or was it in a tray and wrapped? In the cryo-vac the meat can have a gassy/ shitty smell.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:25 pm to shallowminded
I believe it was in a cryo vac bag. It was thick plastic and there was a fair amount of blood. It wasn't the styrofoam tray with the saran wrap over it.
Posted on 1/1/15 at 6:00 pm to Jake88
When the cryo-vac is sealed it sits in a warm bath of water to clean off the exterior of the plastic. At times the water can be too warm and cause the liquid inside the bag to smell like sulfur farts!!
Posted on 1/1/15 at 7:53 pm to shallowminded
I can't eat it when I catch a whiff of that, prolly mental but can't do it
Posted on 1/1/15 at 8:42 pm to Jake88
Did the OP die of food poisoning? He should tell us out it turned out!
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