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What is curing salt?
This is salt ground a bit bigger than normal table salt. It is used on raw meats to cure them. Ham, fish like salmon are cured using this kind of salt. Curing saltsprague powder, salt curesCuring salt was developed as a cure for meat, poultry, game, and fish. Actual ingredients may vary from brand to brand but typically contain a combination of high grade salt, sugar, both sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite, curing agents and propylene glycol to keep the mixture uniform. It is generally dyed a pink color so that it can be easily recognized from regular salts.
Some common curing mixtures: - Cure #1 contains 6.25% Sodium nitrite: 93.75% Salt (for fresh and cooked sausages)
- Cure #2 contains 6.25% Sodium nitrite: 4% Sodium nitrate and 89.75% Salt (for dry-cured sausages)
- Tender Quick contains 0.5% Sodium nitrite, 0.5% Sodium nitrate, Salt, Sugar, and Propylene glycol (for brined meats)
- Saltpeter is 100% Potassium nitrate (not recommended...to difficult to measure in the small quantities needed)
Where To BuySausagesource.com
Ingredient SubstitutionsAlways use the correct cure according to your recipe, do not substitute.
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Curing saltsCuring salt is also known as Prague Powder Number 1. This is a standard 6.25% cure for any meat that requires cooking, smoking or canning.
The reason for using a cure for these forms of cooking meat is to prevent botulism and enhance preservation. Prague Powder is the basic cure you want for sausage, corned beef, ham, bacon, fish, poultry, etc.
Ingredients: salt, sodium nitrite, glycerin with FD #3 used to color cure in accordance with MDI Bulletin 656 of 4/1/74. Not edible on its own. It is colored bright pink to avoid confusion with regular salt.
Only 1 ounce of Prague Powder is necessary to cure 25 pounds of sausage; 4 ounces will cure 100 pounds.
Cuisines and CategoriesPickling and Canning Spices, Salt
Granulated, in a resealable bag
4 oz. $2.59 Buy
8 oz. $3.99 Buy
16 oz. $6.99 Buy
Where To BuyCODE
http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices/curing-salt
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Pink Salt/Curing saltPink Salt/Curing salt is preservative consisting sodium nitrite.
You can NOT substitute.
The perservative inhibits botulism growth.
Botulism is very dangerous and can grow in the middle of the sausage in no air and low acid enviroment.
Pickling salt and kosher salt is just regular salt (Sodium Chloride) that is a larger grain.
What kind of sausage are you making?If you're making one that goes in the fridge, like a fresh italian sausage, you can probably get away with not using pink salt.
However, if you're making a sausage that you hang and air dry at room temperature or slightly higher, then you should use the pink salt.
You can buy a small packet of pink salt at Wal-Mart. It's in the sporting goods/hunting area with the wood chips.
Also, pink salt will help keep the meat mixture red. Sort of like corned beef. When corned beef is cooked it remains red. Without pink salt, the corned beef will turn grey when cooked looking like a regular beef roast.
Pickling salt and kosher salt are both larger grains of regular salt (sodium chloride).
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Tender QuickTender Quick is a curing salt made by Morton. There are other curing salts out there. Tender Quick contains 0.5% Sodium nitrite, 0.5% Sodium nitrate, Salt, Sugar, and Propylene glycol (for brined meats)
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Curing Salt (Pink Salt)Pink salt is salt containing small amounts of sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate. It is essential in the preserving and curing of meats, and of course everyone's favorite, sausage making. The nitrate component inhibits the growth of bacteria, most importantly botulism. In addition it preserves the color of cured meat because food should be appealing as well as tasty. Curing salt containing sodium nitrite is the more commonly used of the two and is used in most of our recipes. Sodium nitrate has the advantage of breaking down more slowly and for that reason will preserve meats for longer periods of time, this is especially useful when curing a whole muscle rather than a few pounds of sausage. In small quantities neither salt is harmful, however, it is colored pink so that it is not mistaken for other types of salt because in large quantities it can be dangerous.
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SaltpetrePotassium Nitrate KN03
This must be used with the utmost caution. When measuring Saltpetre scales accurate to 1 gramme must be used.
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Curing SaltsCODE
http://www.sausagemaking.org/acatalog/Cures.html
Cure number 1( Also known as Prague powder number 1, curing salt,tinted curing mixture, pink curing salt, modern or cure insta-cure 1.)
A basic cure that is used to cure all meats that require cooking, smoking, and canning. This would include poultry, fish, hams, bacon, luncheon meats, corned beef, patés, and many other products.
Use when smoking Or processing meat, sausage, fish Or jerky At low temperatures.
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Cure number 2Warning: Please read carefully before using this productThis cure is a mixture of sea salt, Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Nitrate
This is a slow acting cure that can be used for sausage that is cured and dried, and can be eaten without cooking.
Please note that Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Nitrate are toxic chemicals , used correctly this cure is very safe but utmost care must be taken to measure it accurately before adding it to your recipe.
You must follow recipes that call for Cure 2 or ‘Prague Powder number 2’ exactly.
As a general rule most recipes call for two level tea spoons (approx 10 grammes) of Cure 2 to 10 pounds (4.5 Kilos) of meat, however this is a general guide. YOU MUST FOLLOW RECIPES EXACTLY!!!!!
Cure 2 is not a replacement for salt, extra salt must be added as required by the recipe. Unused Cure 2 can be stored in a dry jar after use. If you need further explanation of the use of this cure please contact us.
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All Purpose Curing SaltThis salt is an easy to use replacement for saltpetre or cure 2 in recipes, this replaces the salt and the cure. If a recipe calls for saltpetre and salt simply replace the amount of salt required with this curing salt. This ready mixed formula is a mix of salt sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite, it gives guaranteed results and is safer to use than pure nitrate/nitrite.