So a " color fixative " is mandatory ?
What is sodium erythorbate?
Jul 17, 2019
KNOWLEDGE ARTICLE
Sodium erythorbate is the sodium of erythorbic acid, a highly refined food-grade chemical closely related to vitamin C, synthesized from sugar, and used as a color fixative in preparing cured meats. (Note: Erythorbate is NOT earthworms. Perhaps the spelling or pronunciation has contributed to this misconception because the hotline has received calls related to this concern.
Also, good fellow
daveomak
posted this a few years ago on a curing thread.
You look at 100 brine recipes containing curing salt and you will find that 95% of the recipes call for or say that you can heat the mix on the stove and whisk or stir while boiling. I am in the camp of playing it safe and not heating my brine with curing salt in it. You may not have heard...
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