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January 11, 2011 at 10:07 pm #290411drea
I was looking through the new jerky recipes on the site and I saw that a couple of the recipes called for tenderquick. What is it?
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January 11, 2011 at 10:09 pm #429507Melissa Burnell
MORTON TENDERQUICK mix is a fast cure product that has been developed as a cure for meat, poultry, game, salmon, shad, and sablefish. It is a combination of high grade salt and other quality curing ingredients that can be used for both dry and sweet pickle curing. MORTON TENDER QUICK mix contains salt, the main preserving agent; sugar, both sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite, curing agents that also contribute to development of color and flavor; and propylene glycol to keep the mixture uniform. MORTON TENDER QUICK mix can be used interchangeably with MORTON SUGAR CURE (Plain) mix.
Usually you can find it in your local grocery store, if notit can be purchased online:
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August 22, 2014 at 2:55 am #453412Vampyrdammit
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September 8, 2014 at 11:49 am #458401FreebieQueen
@Vampyrdammit 565163 wrote:
Question is can you make it or substitute?
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September 12, 2014 at 11:51 am #458505Jennifer Green
Basic Dry Cure:
*1 pound/450 grams pickling salt
8 ounces/225 grams granulated sugar
2.4 ounces/68 grams pink salt (InstaCure #1; or DQ Powder; or Prague Powder #1; or Cure #1; or TCM)
Makes about 3 1/2 cups*Pickling Salt in the United States is a standard grain size the same size as table salt. In Canada you may find that pickling salt to be much larger crystals. In this case use a non-iodized table salt, or any pure salt with a similar size grain.
Insta Cureâ„¢ No. 1, a basic cure used to cure all meats that require cooking, brining, smoking, or canning. This includes poultry, fish, ham, bacon, luncheon meats, corned beef, pates and other products too numerous to mention.
Use 1 level teaspoon per 5 lbs. ground meat. 8 oz.
of Insta Cureâ„¢ will process approximately 240 lbs. of meat.
1 gallon water
4 oz (1/2 cup) InstaCure#1
1 lb 5 oz (1 3/4 cup) Salt
1.5 oz (2 1/4 Tbsp) SugarWhere can you get sodium nitrite? Check with your Pharmacy.
Metric version:
https://www.sausagemaker.com/productdocs/Breakdown_of_Nitrite_Level_in_Brine_with_InstaCure_(Metric).pdf
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