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I put 6 bellies ( in 3 different buckets ) in to cure 10 days ago , I took them out today and one bucket of them , the brine was kind of slimy and they just look raw , not cured.
I think I may have forgot to put the prague in.......
Is there any hope to save it ?
Can I re-brine them ?
They...
We caught a mess of Brookies and wanted to smoke them.
Cousin said to brine them in Cure #1 , so I made the following brine.
1 Gallon water
1/2 cup non-iodized salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp Prague powder ( pink salt ) ( Cure #1 )
It took about 3 gallons to cover them in a 5 gal bucket ...
Let me start from the beginning.
We needed to breed our 2 sows , we were going to do the Ai but this was more cost effective.
Found this boar on CL , for $200 he was a steal.
Put him in with the sows , he did his bizness and I separated him for 40 days to make sure they didn't come in to heat...
I am going to make Kielbasa today
BUT
I'm not sure if I will get to smoke it today.
Can I smoke it tomorrow , OR do I have to do it all night to get it done?
Thanks
From a NEWBIE
Dwane
Hello all , I'm new at smoking meat.
This is an awesome resource for smoking information.
Thanks for having me.
I'm not a big poster , I know how to use a search box.
A bit about me.
I recently retired from the oilfields of New Mexico and we moved to Loon Lake Wa in Jan of 14.
My lovely...
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