salts

chefmjg

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Mar 24, 2011

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from york county va

• Aug 28, 2012

• #1

I am going to start curing my bacon today but was wondering what type of salt to use regular or kosher or does it matter.

                                        thanks mike

 

diggingdogfarm

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Jun 23, 2011

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• Aug 28, 2012

• #2

It's a matter of personal preference, anything without iodine added is fine.
I typically use Morton canning and pickling salt because it's cheap.



~Martin

 

indyadmin1974

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Clemmons

• Aug 28, 2012

• #3

I used Morton's sea salt on my first bacon because that's what I had.

 

daveomak

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• Aug 28, 2012

• #4

Table salt has fillers and anti caking stuff in it....  I use the canning/pickling variety or Kosher...  Be sure to weigh the salt.... different salts weigh differently compared to volume measure....    Dave