Thank you so much to this community for all of its advice!! I’m mostly a lurker but I appreciate everything everyone shares. When I took the pork belly out of the tupperware, I noticed a little bit of fluffy white mold. If it wasn’t for you folks, I would’ve been heartbroken and foolishly thrown it out, since this is my first cure ever, but because of you I knew to wash it with vinegar and not stress about it. The slănină tasted delicious and I’m excited to share this piece of my culture with my friends!

Photo descriptions:
1. A side view of the cured pork belly, uncut
2. A top view of the cured pork belly, uncut
3. A 3/4 view of the sliced pork belly
4-6: Beauty shots of the sliced pork belly

Recipe can be found in Irina Georgescu’s cookbook “Carpathia”. It’s just pork, salt, pepper, and garlic.

by nukin8r

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  2. Are you cutting the right direction? Kinda looks like you’re cutting with the grain.

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