salt

I need some ideas for this one. By no means am I a great cook and can and often do screw things up. This time I used Mortons kosher salt in the brine for a brisket. The recipe called for a less dense salt and it's over salted. I used the point for corned beef and the flat for Pastrami. The...

Hello guys. Im a newbie into this. I want to ask some questions about the curing salt. So I put 5 teaspoon #1 curing salt in 9.039 pounds of meat accidentally. Is it still safe to eat or not? I'm worried about this. So i wouldn appreciate your answers or knowledge to this craft. Thank you so...

My family and friends in my hometown have been making the same cold-smoked “deer bologna” as we call it for several generations. The recipe calls for 30 lbs of meat/fat, 8 oz salt, 2-3/4 oz. garlic salt, and a few other ingredients for flavor. The mixture is then stuffed into hog casings and...

Did some smoked salt for the first time. After doing some research I decided to hot some it with apple wood. Ran it for 6 hours at 300°. It turned out really great very noticeable smoke flavor. I already have a million ideas to use it. before (mortons coarse kosher salt) After Airtight...

Hi guys, After months of reading on the forum I decided to cold smoke some salt and pepper with hickory I used rock salt , Himalayan salt, and whole peppers. Smoked for 8 -9 hours with hickory I noticed the humidity in the air may have been am issue? How long should I leave before...

Since I was already firing up the smoker for pulled pork I figured I'd try a new experiment that I'll call Vampire Pork just because I can. Started with a 50/50 mix of coarse ground black pepper and smoked Kosher salt and a whole mess of garlic cloves. (For easier "peeling" of all those cloves...

Hello All! I have followed this forum for a while and this will be my first summer smoking! My question is, I want to buy bulk Coarse Salt, Coarse Pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, etc. Anyone have any online stores I can use that won't kill me with shipping? I looked at Costco...

Hello I plan to make pastrami next week but i can't find any pink curing salt, all i can find is white curing salt and morton tender quick. Is there any subtitute for pink curing salt? Can i use white curing salt or morton tender quick for making pastrami? If so how much should i add? Sorry...

Hi, we have a point end cut only brisket of about 2 pounds. Its is still too cold ( and windy ) to do this outdoors, so we will be doing this in the oven. 2 or 3 more weeks from now I'd like to try and smoke the same thing. I've grilled ( and smoked ) many things before but never have I made...

Yes, I know everyone says don't use Iodized salt. But it was all I had left. Can anyone offer a definitive explanation (other than "it may affect the final outcome") on why it should not be used in cultured fermented sausages and back it up with some real evidence? I understand the difference...

I've seen a few, well more than a few people, using several types of salt. I see people using regular salt, kosher salt, pickling salt and sea salt for curing meat. I don't know if people use the same salt for wet and dry brines. I see people use granulated onion and garlic and some use...