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Default Please Help: "Uncured" Corned Beef

PENMART01 wrote:

>>(TheCatinTX) says:
>>
>>I bought a corned beef (which is red and looks like "normal" corned beef)
>>from
>>Whole Foods today. It was covered with frost, so I didn't notice the
>>package
>>says: "uncured".
>>
>>Does that mean it's not going to tasted like Corned Beef? Is there something
>>I
>>could do to it before I cook it to help? Would "curing it" be the same as
>>putting it in brine for a day or so?
>>
>>If anyone could help me, I would appreciate it.
>>Thanks in advance. CatinTX

>
>
> If beef is corned it's cured.... could be cured with just salt (NACL) and no
> Nitrites, but it's still cured. But you say yours is red, so it is corned with
> nitrites.
>


I found a brand that is cured without nitrites, and it's red because they
add... beet powder! (I posted a link in my other message)

Seriously,
Bob