high meat

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Geoff, Thanks for your reply.  One more High Meat question: have you tried aging the meat at room temperature rather than in the refrigerator?  Does this also speed up the process?  Is the High Meat made this way safe? Is the resultant bacteria still helpful?  Thanks, Mienkes
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Geoff:  In your answer about high meat on 10/28/06 you mention the larger amount you eat to really feel the effects of high meat, but there is possibly a typo or something.  Could you please repeat that amount in tablespoons or parts of cups (do you still use these measurements in England?)  Also, AV says to make high meat in 4 weeks by opening it to the air every 3 or 4 days, but you say its ready in that amount of time if opened every day.  Doesn't airing it every day do it quicker?
    Also, do you have any idea what high meat is composed of besides bacteria?  Perhaps simple amino acids, which would be why it has an effect on the brain and nervous system--What's in the stuff?


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I think I stated that one or two "bite-sized" chunks of high-meat were needed to get the maximum effect(so enough to just about fill the mouth once or twice= 6 tablespoonfuls?).

Re airing high-meat:-I think I actually stated that it would take only  two or three weeks to be ready if one opened the high-meat to the air every day, instead of every four days. You can usually tell it's going to be ready soon when the outer surface of the high-meat gets slimy.

I have no idea about the composition of high-meat. I'd always assumed that its beneficial effect was simply due to the extra amounts of bacteria.  

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I'm sure that there's no problem per se with aging meat in vacuum-jars at room-temperature. It would certainly speed up the process. I have only tried aging meats once or twice at room-temperature, but the flies always somehow seemed to be able to deposit their  tiny eggs on the meat, with live maggots appearing after a couple of days - I didn't actually use proper, sealed  vacuum-jars/Ball jars on those two occasions, so maybe it might work  better  with that kind  of jar.  

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