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Ground meat and jerky applications use the 1.5 tsp/Lb quantity, due to the increased surface area, allowing increased nitrite/ate activity. Whole muscle meats need the 1 TBS quantity for longer cure times required for penetration into the muscle mass.
Additionally, ground meats and thin cuts...
Thank you for letting us know Dutch. Rich is a great person, and it really is terrible that his problems with his health have won.
Rich, in case you read thru here...
God Bless you, man. Thanks for being a buddy, a teacher and a great example.
Fair skies and following winds till we meet...
No, you cannot. UNLESS you are outside the danger zone area, and "cooking" it.(assuming you mean adding cure and immediately stuffing) Pink ain't a magic bullet. It cures the same as any curing agent.
"Bone sour" is very common without injecting along the bones and major joints at the outset of curing.
And do not attempt a "cure" without nitrates. Not at your level anyway. Hell...not even at mine.
HEre's a general recipe- I make it "on the fly" usually heh...
Per 1 Lb ground butt:
1 tsp ground garlic
1 tsp ground onion
.5 tsp cracked black
1Tbsp good Hunky sweet paprika (Szeged is a good brand)
1.5 tsp Tenderquick
Cure 24 hours, stuff age a day. Smoke around 180-200 to IT of 153°...
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