- Jan 3, 2018
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I'm looking for a more scientific and numbers based approach.
First of all, by listing all recipes in grams, which makes conversion to percentages easy.
I wish more sources would do this.
My "recipe formulas" are based on Ruhlman's.
http://ruhlman.com/2010/03/corned-beef-how-to-cure-your-own/
Do these look correct to you? What other resources can I use to confirm my formulas?
Somewhere I read that beef is 70% water.
So I start with Beef.Weight.in.Grams x 0.70 = Water.in.Beef
Then I do
(Water.I.Will.Add.for.Wet.Cure + Water.in.Beef) = Total.Water
Total.Water x .03 = Salt.I.Will.Add
Total.Water x 0.00175 = Salt.Num.1
I can even calculate the spice mix, for example
Total.Water * 0.0095 = Spice.Mix.to.Add
The percentage will, of course, change when I use different spice mixes.
First of all, by listing all recipes in grams, which makes conversion to percentages easy.
I wish more sources would do this.
My "recipe formulas" are based on Ruhlman's.
http://ruhlman.com/2010/03/corned-beef-how-to-cure-your-own/
Do these look correct to you? What other resources can I use to confirm my formulas?
Somewhere I read that beef is 70% water.
So I start with Beef.Weight.in.Grams x 0.70 = Water.in.Beef
Then I do
(Water.I.Will.Add.for.Wet.Cure + Water.in.Beef) = Total.Water
Total.Water x .03 = Salt.I.Will.Add
Total.Water x 0.00175 = Salt.Num.1
I can even calculate the spice mix, for example
Total.Water * 0.0095 = Spice.Mix.to.Add
The percentage will, of course, change when I use different spice mixes.