Tender Quick susbstitute

[old poi dog]

Aloha,

I need some help here. A brine that I want use mentions Tender Quick. No one on the island carries it. What can I substitute for it? What exactly is Tender Quick?

 

[pineywoods]

Tender Quick is a curing salt heres a link to the Morton's website

http://www.mortonsalt.com/products/m...nderquick.html

Many of us have had to order it right from Morton's shipping is kinda high but. If you can find Instacure or Prague #1 they are also used for curing BUT at different amounts used

 

[fire it up]

You could order TQ from the Morton website...
http://morton.elsstore.com/view/prod...=21211&cid=178

Hank also posted a recipe for a substitute here...
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...d.php?p=315330

and here...
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...d.php?p=307688

 

[the dude abides]

also you may want to check with a meat locker, butcher, etc. Somebody in Hawaii has got to be curing meat.

If all else fails, send me one plane ticket. I'll come with a suitcase full of it for ya. What do you think TSA would do with that one? LOL

 

[beer-b-q]

You can order instacure #1 from http://www.sausagemaker.com/index.as...TS&Category=50

They carry about anything you would ever need.

 

[old poi dog]

Thanks for the great leads. I'm checking with a possible source on the Big Island of Hawaii. If that does not pan out, then I'll check out the Sausage Maker site.