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Tung lò mò (tung lamaow)tung lò mò

Tung lò mò is a Cham beef sausage from An Giang. Fresh beef and beef fat, eight parts to two, are seasoned with pepper and garlic, stuffed into salted, cleaned beef intestine, tied into short links and dried in the sun for about three days, which gives a mild sourness. It is grilled over charcoal before eating.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Tung lò mò itself.

Short entryMeat3 days

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceProportions as reported in one trade-ministry magazine feature; makers keep their seasonings secret.
Lean beef8 parts[tcct2023]
Beef fat2 parts[tcct2023]
Pepper, garlic and a few undisclosed seasonings[tcct2023]
Beef intestine, turned, scraped and washed in salt water[tcct2023]
Starterspontaneous

Total time across the recorded steps: 3 days

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What changes: Beef and beef fat are minced and seasoned with pepper and garlic

Step 1 of 4
Mince beef and fat; season
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: seasoned filling.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Tung lò mò is a Cham beef sausage from An Giang. Fresh beef and beef fat, eight parts to two, are seasoned with pepper and garlic, stuffed into salted, cleaned beef intestine, tied into short links and dried in the sun for about three days, which gives a mild sourness. It is grilled over charcoal before eating. Made in 4 steps over 3 days. The longest step, sun-dry on racks, takes 3 days (Ngọc Châm 2023).

Key numbers
Main step3 daysReported[tcct2023]Sun-dry on racks

What makes this one different

Tung lò mò is a halal beef sausage of the Cham, made without pork, and soured only by a few days of sun-drying.

Safety

This is raw beef dried in the sun. The one source gives no salt, acid or temperature limit, and says the sausage spoils easily if it is not stored properly. Washington State University Extension does not recommend making dry sausage at home, because S. aureus toxin can form if fermentation is not rigidly controlled, and it does not recommend homemade sausage that is not fully cooked. Treat the sun-drying here as a record, not a home method. Cook the sausage through, but the FDA says these toxins might not be destroyed by cooking.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

In Cham, "tung" means intestine and "lamaow" means cow. Production is centred in Phũm Xoài hamlet, Châu Phong commune, where one producer's sausage holds a 3-star OCOP rating.

  1. [wsu-sausage] Washington State University Extension, Homemade Meat, Poultry, and Game Sausages (EB1661)gov
  2. [fda-bbb] U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bad Bug Book, Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins, 2nd ed. (chapter on Staphylococcus aureus; general hazard, not specific to this sausage)gov
  3. [tcct2023] Ngọc Châm 2023, Tung lò mò – đặc sản trứ danh của đồng bào Chăm tỉnh An Giang, Tạp chí Công Thương (Ministry of Industry and Trade magazine), 19.11.2023web
  4. [s2] Wikipedia, Tongmo (outline only)wiki