Tortoise wrote:When I did a lot of summer walking in NSW and VIC, it was mainly high country, but we did get mid to high 30s on occasions. Much less humidity though I expect. We used the non-refrigerated pepperoni, one per week for up to 3 weeks. The last couple were in food drops.
Mark F wrote:Has anybody actually stashed one of these air dried salamis in a sealed tin for a few weeks or have they just used them over a week or so in the bush?
RonK wrote: why would you want to seal them in a container?
jjoz58 wrote:Tortoise wrote:When I did a lot of summer walking in NSW and VIC, it was mainly high country, but we did get mid to high 30s on occasions. Much less humidity though I expect. We used the non-refrigerated pepperoni, one per week for up to 3 weeks. The last couple were in food drops.
How did you store them in the food dumps?
Heat may be the problem as I'm in Qld. Looking for something to add to the supplies for the AAWT in Nov/Dec and historically the temp range is 4 - 16 C, for that period, so it may not be a problem there. I'm going to get a couple of the air dried ones and just hang them and see.
Mark F wrote:RonK wrote: why would you want to seal them in a container?
Because the op is interested in caching salami in food drops on the AAWT. The food drops get put in often several weeks before they are reached and opened.
Mark F wrote:I have cached the small (200 gram) whole Don salamis in food drops for a few weeks and then eaten them over about 5 days when doing the AAWT. These are the uncut Don 200g salamis that have been pasturised and packed in sealed plastic. These are NOT the ones you see cut in half in the plastic. From memory the pasturised ones are mild and hot hungarian and the pepperoni. My preferred one was the Pepperoni. Similarly I have stashed hard cheeses like parmesan without any deleterious effect on the cheese. Vintage cheddar stashed at the same time was rather oily but quite edible.
I do try to make sure any food drops are not stashed in a sunny place.
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