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  1. jlpicard

    Prague powder #1 ordered from Amazon

    I remember reading, at some point years ago, that at least as it applies to #2, since it's Sodium Nitrate, and is used for it's ability to transform into Sodium Nitrite, that it's shelf life should be respected. I guess the premise is that IF you are making a product that requires the NITRATE...
  2. jlpicard

    Prague powder #1 ordered from Amazon

    I guess I was not aware of the shelf life. I never really looked at the container, assuming it degraded over time, but in my mind, I assumed that 'time' was shorter than it actually is. Heck one of the containers I got, the cracked lid one, is marked and good for ten years!
  3. jlpicard

    Prague powder #1 ordered from Amazon

    OK, a week or thereabouts ago, I ordered some #1 from Amazon, since I am Prime, it was listed as arriving the following day, not uncommon, there's warehouses all over the place right? Well something went awry during the shipment, it went from Warehouse in Western PA, to USPS Western PA, crossed...
  4. jlpicard

    Nitrite PPM as per USDA

    I was reading the Marianski book: Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages and found a section discussion about Nitrites/Nitrates and US Gov't legal limits for PPM amounts based on different products and was surprised to see that for Comminuted products (I had to look this up, it basically...
  5. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Pork is ,1885 gm Salt , 32 gm Sugar combined ,14 gm Cure #1, 6 gm Sound right? I used...
  6. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Oh I am going to try that. I have a small dorm fridge so it won't take on any odors. Ill rig up some ss racks.
  7. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Do you guys consider that original recipe I posted a dry cure? I just noticed there's no mention of water.
  8. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Why white? Flavor and/or color?
  9. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    I plugged 910 gm of meat into cure calculator it says 2.27 gm. Wow that recipe is off. So with that corrected if I half the salt and half the sugars..?
  10. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Salt is in there. Yeah I'm going to nix that recipe.
  11. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Here's the ingredients I'ma just substitute #1 2 lb. Pork shoulder butt 910.0 g 1/3 cup Un-sulfured molasses 75.0 ml 1/4 cup Kosher salt 48.0 g 3/4 cup Brown sugar, dark, packed 45.0 g 2 Tbs. Liquid smoke 30.0 ml 1 Tbs. Garlic powder 9.0 g 1 Tbs. Onion powder 8.0 g 1 tsp. Cure #2
  12. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Well marianski says #2 is no longer permitted in any curing method for bacon because of the nitrates. I also read about tender quick which I have never used but it seems to have nitrate also.
  13. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Thanks guys. Back to Amazon for #1!
  14. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    Here's the site I found recipe for buckboard bacon http://lpoli.50webs.com/Sausage%20recipes.htm#BRINED
  15. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    I think the recipe i have uses 2 because of the 14 day cure time? Is that considered too long for #1?
  16. jlpicard

    Butt bacon prague 1 or 2?

    I am seeing both. Intent is to cure two weeks smoke till145. Chill rapidly partial freeze and slice.
  17. jlpicard

    New small qty meat grinder (mincer)

    Ok so a bit back I posted on these forums asking what a 'mincer' was and got answers, THANKS! In my search to find a convenient, small quantity, kitchen-ready meat grinder I came across this: Two liter capacity, four cutting blades with the motor on top with two speed momentary buttons...
  18. jlpicard

    Beef P@%N

    Yikes! Those been done 'et... Just a photo I took of em beforehand never did an after. Not the best example of porterhouse, but at only $3.99 a lb can't complain and they'll cut to my spec. I use it as a wallpaper. I'ma be experimenting with a sous vide steak cook next so I can put an...
  19. jlpicard

    Beef P@%N

    Here's the method I use for this. Works really well on my vertical water smoker/grill, not a WSM, it's a heavily modded oldy but goody. Smoking/Grilling a difficult steak
  20. jlpicard

    Beef P@%N

    Three inches of love! Three hours of slow smoke and five minutes of char coming up!
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