Pork belly

[Fatcatchris]

What do I do I used to much curing salt

 

[TNJAKE]

What do I do I used to much curing salt

Throw it away

 

[ConrodM]

Throw it away

Thank You!!! I turned him on to bacon and he told me of the mistake made. So Happy to have a second opinion! He’s throwing it out and I’m fixing him up with some done per our trials!

 

[ConrodM]

It ain’t worth getting sick over!

 

[DougE]

How much is "too much?"

 

[TNJAKE]

3/4 cup of cure DougE

 

[TNJAKE]

3/4 cup of cure DougE

73million ppm lol

 

[DougE]

73million ppm lol

Didn't see the other thread til just now. Yeah toss it. Maybe if just now done, rinse and do it again with the right amount.

 

[SmokinEdge]

That’s a big boo-boo!

 

[jcam222]

Wow, how did you come up with that amount?

 

[bmericle11]

I’m not to familiar with curing salt. But what will to much of it do? Been looking into also smoking my own and wondering the pros and cons of dry brining vs wet brining, cold smoke vs hot.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I’m not to familiar with curing salt. But what will to much of it do?

Curing salt (cure #1), will make you sick if too much is used. That's why the FDA regulates the allowable amounts in food. I've only used cure #1, mostly in bacon, but some smoked sausage such as kielbasa. It contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% salt. That's the maximum nitrite allowed by the FDA. Basically, cure #1 is applied as a percentage of the total weight of the meat, .25% of the weight. That number, .25%, can not change.

There are plenty of others with much more experience than me who can give you more insight...

 

[bmericle11]

Curing salt (cure #1), will make you sick if too much is used. That's why the FDA regulates the allowable amounts in food. I've only used cure #1, mostly in bacon, but some smoked sausage such as kielbasa. It contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% salt. That's the maximum nitrite allowed by the FDA. Basically, cure #1 is applied as a percentage of the total weight of the meat, .25% of the weight. That number, .25%, can not change.

There are plenty of others with much more experience than me who can give you more insight...

Thank god I asked. I wouldn’t have known that.