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In below images I highlighted a green coloration on my cured boar ham. It cured for 5 days in an open plastic box in my cellar. I put a lot of salt around it and a weight on top (it was maybe 75% submerged and fully coated with salt and powdered celery).

I then hung them in my cellar, but when I was cleaning them I saw what I encircled in the images below. These seem to be near the holes we used to hang the animal from. When I smell the holes there is a very faint smell of maybe sweat or something. It is hard to tell if it is actually a bad smell from the boar or not.

This is my first time curing/drying meat so I am not very confident obviously, can anyone see if I have a problem? (P.S. I know the lighting is not ideal in the pictures, sorry) enter image description here

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    It's not going to be possible for us to determine safety. However, I will say that 5 days in salt does not sound like long enough for something that size. For example, when I make bacon, pancetta, or guanciale, I am curing for at least a week...and that is for pork belly or jowl...significantly thinner. Recipes for home-cured prosciutto that I have encountered call for 3 to 4 weeks in salt. – moscafj Dec 31 '20 at 16:14

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