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  1. Cajuneric

    Transporting Starter Culture

    Hey Corey, Can't wait to read about your journey. Just so you know when I buy starter cultures I have them shipped to Latin America. Their journey takes almost 5-7 days outside of refrigeration. in all the years of doing this I've never had any issues with my cultures. I do store them in the...
  2. Cajuneric

    Celebrate Sausage 2024!!!

    I don't suppose you took the ph? If I remember you added .4% to the recipe which isn't a lot. If I were to guess I would say 4.7 - 4.9 perhaps
  3. Cajuneric

    Celebrate Sausage 2024!!!

    I just wanted to follow up to let you know that I just got in touch with Taylor Provisions in Trenton. I asked them a few questions I had about their product, Taylor Pork Roll one of which was "Is the Taylor Pork Roll Smoked". I was told that the Taylor Pork Roll was smoked in a smokehouse...
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    Celebrate Sausage 2024!!!

    I want to first say that I am not super familiar with Taylor Ham. With that being said here is a copy and paste from the company Taylor Provisions. I believe they are the group that produces and sells the original Taylor Ham. What I don't know is if it was originally smoked but perhaps now...
  5. Cajuneric

    Celebrate Sausage 2024!!!

    Big year this year!! Lots of really fun sausage recipes that are great for the beginner and anyone looking for something a little different!! Here is this year's line-up: Which one do you think looks interesting? 1. Italian Salsiccia Fresca 2. Swedish Isterband 3. Bacon, Brie, & Cranberry...
  6. Cajuneric

    Big run of Salami 2023....

    @indaswamp cool tip with the clothes pin!!!
  7. Cajuneric

    To all you bacon lovers, you can now make safe, pink bacon without nitrates and nitrites!

    Right!! What an eye opening read. All this time i thought it was shady marketing behind the tricky labeling. Now I know that it's the USDA guidelines. WOW
  8. Cajuneric

    To all you bacon lovers, you can now make safe, pink bacon without nitrates and nitrites!

    LOL. Yeah. I figured. If he reads every link, especially the spanish one (Google Translate) he will uncover the information he wants. The product that is in question is the very specific product being tested in those studies. It even goes into what's in it (to a small degree). Obviously...
  9. Cajuneric

    To all you bacon lovers, you can now make safe, pink bacon without nitrates and nitrites!

    Yeah, this is a European product that's been imported into the USA. Being that it's a natural product it falls under the USDA guidelines Title 9 - 317.2 and 381.11. Just like celery powder, beet juice, cherry powder, basically antimicrobials, natural nitrites, and natural antioxidants You can...
  10. Cajuneric

    To all you bacon lovers, you can now make safe, pink bacon without nitrates and nitrites!

    Here you go, it's not a secret, you just have to be willing to search for it😉: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7913322/ https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/01/03/Makin-bacon-healthy-Nitrite-free-version-launches-in-the-UK-for-2018...
  11. Cajuneric

    A new cure...

    Hey SmokinEdge. The amount of Salt in EcoCure #1 is 34.4% and the Amount of salt in EcoCure #2 is 49%.
  12. Cajuneric

    Nitrate/Nitrite Discussion

    No toe steppin over here😉. All good!! The sites that I linked specifically talk about the amounts needed to be effective against unwanted pathogens. This information applies to the polyphenol-based curing salts available on the market today.
  13. Cajuneric

    Nitrate/Nitrite Discussion

    That's an interesting topic. People who sell curing salts don't have specific product claims that their curing salt (with nitrites) protects against botulism. For instance, Prague Powder #1 doesn't have a certificate stating that it prohibits botulism. All they have is data from other studies...
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    Nitrate/Nitrite Discussion

    Don't forget, sausages made hundreds (even thousands) of years ago used salt with lots of impurities. One of those impurities was Potassium Nitrite 😉. It wasn't until the late 1800's that scientist realized the salt that was being used to make sausage was actually curing the meat as well. Go...
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    Nitrate cure replacement

    There is a product called EcoCure1 and EcoCure 2 that will safely cure meats without nitrites and nitrates. EcoCure 1 would in essence replace InstaCure #1. From the examples you gave you would use EcoCure 1. You would use EcoCure #2 if you were making salami or dry curing whole muscles...
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    Nitrate/Nitrite Discussion

    What a great thread on this topic!! I'd like to add a few thoughts on the issue (with study links). For starters, I'm not being paid to talk about EcoCure by any party. It's a product that I've been using for several months, and after a tremendous amount of research and due diligence I feel...
  17. Cajuneric

    Doing this one thing while making sausages can KILL you, please STOP! "2 guys and a cooler"

    Not trying to be debatable, i was just trying to understand your position a little better. So you and I are on the same page. Promoting that it's ok to eat unconverted nitrites would be terrible advice and the reason is that it is potentially very bad for your health.. When you belittled the...
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    Doing this one thing while making sausages can KILL you, please STOP! "2 guys and a cooler"

    Here's a fun study. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2017213/#:~:text=Nitrosamines%20form%20a%20large%20group,induce%20cancer%20in%20experimental%20animals.
  19. Cajuneric

    Doing this one thing while making sausages can KILL you, please STOP! "2 guys and a cooler"

    I agree. I think this should be talked about more often. From my research the biggest difference that i've seen is that plants contain antioxidants (cure accelerators) that help with the conversion.
  20. Cajuneric

    Doing this one thing while making sausages can KILL you, please STOP! "2 guys and a cooler"

    Consider this. A sausage maker eating unconverted nitrites the entirety of their life in only small doses. Using your analogy, I would personally find it more comforting knowing that I was pole vaulting over a mouse turd, than end up with colon cancer. I think it's better to be safe than sorry.
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