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C farmer... obviously as a moderator of a forum like this, I assume your knowledge greatly surpasses my own. I see a few people on here using TQ for bacon but it does contain sodium nitrate which is barred from commercial bacon production because the temps at which bacon is pan fried can create...
1tsp could be considered over board on 5pds of belly... but before I continue, I do not personally go by this thought, but nitrites and nitrates do not cure fat. That's why things like lardo or salt pork don't contain cure #1 or #2 so 1 tsp per 5 pds of pork belly is still higher than necessary...
i'm not familiar with this product, but i would not use it in any other way than as a brine and following the same ratio of water to cure... it doesn't seem to say how much nitrite or nitrate it has in it, but i would assume it has the correct amount to put the proper amount of nitrates and...
I had some fresh picnics in the freezer that I've been wondering what to do with so I decided to make some sausage.
they were so much more of a pain to cut up than butts... filled with tendons, huge veins, connective tissue... the other 2 in the freezer will not be made into sausage because...