It calls for 2.5 gallons of water with 1 lb of the brine mix. My question is that it calls for 8 ounces of cure@1 ! Thats alot of cure!!! Is this correct?
That's the same as Pop's brine .3 level teaspoons per gallon and that is what I am using so I guess it is correct.
It calls for 2.5 gallons of water with 1 lb of the brine mix. My question is that it calls for 8 ounces of cure@1 ! Thats alot of cure!!! Is this correct?
Please post the recipe of which you speak... I looked on TSM and they noted the recipe was on the package... Sooooo I can't check the recipe....
2 . 5 gallons water
1 pound of TSM poultry brine mix
8 oz of # 1 cure
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I did call them and ask but the rep wasn't to sure herself!! This is what is listed on the jar that it comes in and it has good reviews . Well I have the breast in the brine right now so we will see how it turns out in a couple days.WOW !!! That a lot of cure#1.... Let me explain....
Approx. 1.1 grams of cure#1 per pound gives 150 Ppm nitrite...
If you have a 20# bird and 2.5 gal. liquid, (2.5 X 8.35 = ~21#'s), + 20# bird = ~ 41#'s of stuff....
8 oz. X 28.3 grams per oz. = ~226 grams of cure#1... divided by 1.1 = ~205#'s of stuff will be properly cured using 8oz. of cure... If your brine and bird = 41#, you have 5X more nitrite than the USDA recommended....
Pops curing brine is 1 heaping TBS cure#1 per gallon... 1 heaping TBS weighs ~ 20-25 grams....
Since you can only get about a 10-14# bird in that gallon, your mix is 8.35 + 14 = ~22#'s of stuff....
20-25 grams of cure#1 added to ~22#'s of stuff is perfect for equilibrium cure brining according to the USDA... 1.1 grams per # .......
You were ABSOLUTELY correct to think that was a lot of cure.....