Canadian Bacon Restart ... %$#@*&!!

[smoker pete]

Started a 3lb Dry Cured Canadian Bacon yesterday at 3PM and had a mishap today at noon  :'( :'(  My vacuum sealed Pork Loin sprung a leak and ruined the wife's classic Thanksgiving dessert.  Doing the 'Canadian Bacon - Dry Cure' by Habanero Smoker.

So I figured that since it hasn't even been curing for a day yet I could just start over.  I rinsed the pork loin, mixed up a new batch of rub, with Basic Dry Cure, and rubbed the entire mixture on to the loin.  Placed it in a gallon ziplock and into the 36º fridge.  Will turn it daily for 6 days and then smoke it per http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?311-Canadian-Bacon

Question is:  No harm no foul ... Right?  Should not have hurt anything  ???  6 full days from now should still be OK?

[FLBentRider]

You should be fine.

Now about the dessert... Are you going to survive that?

[smoker pete]

Now about the dessert... Are you going to survive that?

After 38 years of Marriage I'm sure there is nothing left that I haven't screwed up so I think this too will pass  ;D ;) :-[ 

[wyoduke]

Good luck i also started one today but i put mine in the garage fridge away from the wifes goods .

[BuyLowSellHigh]

I never trust a plastic bag to hold anything that can leak -- always in a secondary container of some kind.

One thing I found out on my last corned beef -- the sliding zipper bags (like the big Hefty bags) tend to leak at a drip rate at the far (closed) end of the slider.  Guess it can't get that last little bit sealed.

[RAF128]

I never trust a plastic bag to hold anything that can leak -- always in a secondary container of some kind.

One thing I found out on my last corned beef -- the sliding zipper bags (like the big Hefty bags) tend to leak at a drip rate at the far (closed) end of the slider.  Guess it can't get that last little bit sealed.

Yup, I agree.   I've had zip lock bags start to leak after 6 days and does the fridge ever get sticky.

[Habanero Smoker]

Sorry to hear about you mishap. In this case, you should be fine, but if it were in the cure longer it is generally not a good idea for this recipe.

As others have stated, always place any thing that is curing, wet brining or marinating in a plastic bag in another container just in case it springs a leaks.

[smoker pete]

Thanks everyone.  It's back in the fridge sitting inside a container  :)

[jiggerjams]

Mildly cured pork loin flavored Thanksgiving dessert sounds pretty tasty to me  :)