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Once you get a slicer, you will wonder how you ever got along without it. I use it primarily for whole muscle jerky, which really speeds up the preparation time, and the size of the batches you can
do. It's nice to be able to slice paper-thin pastrami, turkey, and ham.
I found this Hobart...
Using TQ in a liquid brine is quite a bit different than using it dry. In a brine, only a fraction of the TQ actually makes it into the meat to cure it.
The advantages of cover brine curing are that you can inject the brine into a thicker cut of meat and shorten up the curing time, add...
This recipe is not from scratch but is a preblended seasoning. I tried it this Winter and really liked it. These guys do online sales and are great to work with.
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Last Tuesday I arrowed a tom, so Wednesday I cured the boneless breasts and smoked them Sunday. Tonight they got sliced and vacuum packed.
There is just nothing like seeing it through from the shot to the plate.
My cover brine recipe is pretty basic but I like it.
3 cups of Morton Tenderquick...
I have experimented with several smoke generator designs over the years. The only one that I am really satisfied is one I build that is loosely based on a design used in many pellet stoves and grills to auger chips or pellets from an outside hopper into the smoker.
It has a metal box on the...
The biochemistry of vinegar works differently than meat cure.
The vinegar contains acetic acid and lowers the pH of the pickling brine. The growth of spoilage bacteria is slowed down in a low pH environment. Any added salt helps as well.
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