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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    i am happy to report, that the pastrami worked out better than expected. Although i pushed temperature up-to 128 but it was not dry and had good flavor. If i paid attention and pulled out at 120 it would have been perfect.
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    Is anyone Sous Vide cooking their turkey?

    little late but here’s my update with bit of modified technique. I started Sous Vide two 12 pound whole turkeys. Added 4 lbs of broth but turkey still floated up. Added another 2 lbs, so total of 6 pounds of broth per turkey in double oven bags. Started at 9 pm at 150, at 9 am changed to 155...
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    Is anyone Sous Vide cooking their turkey?

    The most tender And moist Turkey is sous vide. This year i plan to sous vide two turkeys, each in seperate large oven plastic bag with 4 lbs of chicken broth each And some spices. Sous vide for 24 hours at 150. Once sour vide is done, i remove it carefully as it is extremely tender, i apply a...
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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    Well, I procrastinated and did not through away the meat. I Dumped 3/4 of the water and added fresh cold water to dilute the brine. Then read your post and now plan to make a fresh brine tomorrow morning and leaving it for few more days and serve with on Thanksgiving along with Turkey.
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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    It is just sad that my first attempt at making pastrami is gone down the drain. Only if I had paid attention and not picked up Moretn Tender Quick instead of Moreton Kosher Salt, I would have been enjoying some pastrami this weekend. Thank you everyone for your quick advice. Much appreciated!
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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    Why! It was a mistake? I picked up MQT instead of simple kosher salt! Human error :(
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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    Yes, I used 1 1/2 cup of MQT and 5 teaspoon of #1 together to make a 2 gallon brine for 10 lb brisket.
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    Too much pink salt? Safety Q

    Hello Experts, In rush, I did not read the labels and I used more sodium nitrate/nitrite than I needed. I have 10 lbs brisket in 2 gallons of brine and used 1 1/2 cup on Morton Tender Quick and 5 teaspoons on Anthony's pink curing salt #1. Is this an unsafe level of sodium nitrate/nitrite...
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