"Reg" > wrote in message
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> Kent wrote:
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>>On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:15:39 -0700, wrote:
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>>>>I have brined pork, chicken, etc...but has anyone brined a beef
>>>>tenderloin roast?
>>>
>>>Oh, to answer this one - you can brine beef but expect it have a
>>>corned beef taste.
>>>
>>>-sw
>>>
>>
>> Corned beef contains nitrites. Simple brining with salt and H20 should
>> only
>> change the salt and water concentration of the meat.
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> Not true there, Kent. Of course corned beef can be mode without
> nitrites. Salt only. Corned beef has a history going back centuries.
> Nitrites do not.
>
> See: Ye Olde Corned Beef
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> --
> Reg
>
I should have said potassium nitrate, or saltpeter. Saltpeter has been used
to preserve beef at least since the mid 19th century, and I would guess
earlier.
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Kent