) reported increased yields and
improved slicing ability with tumbling in cured hams
that had been injected 115% over green weight. They
also found that an intermittent tumbling of 18 h was
superior to 3 h of continuous or 9.5 h of intermittent
tumbling and suggested that improvement in yield
caused by the development of a surface moisture barrier
of exudates required the longer period of tumbling
interrupted with sufficient rest periods to permit the
movement of the salt soluble proteins.
exudate