"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote
> Good a time as any to also ask. . .
> I had a recipe that called for MTQ, and since I didn't have any, I
> googled for a substitute.
>
> Does this combination sound right to those who know? [I don't seem to
> have written down where it came from]
> Basic Dry Cure/MTQ (make about 3 1/2 cups)
> 1 pound pickling salt
> 8 ounces granulated sugar
> 2 ounces InstaCure #1; or DQ Powder; or Prague Powder #1; or Cure #1
>
> [and if it is equivalent- , Back to Marty's question; I've used it and
> nobody died.<g>]
>
> Jim

Sounds about right, but I'd not use a cure unless I wanted cured meat, like
corned beef, ham, bacon. It would certainly not be my choice for brining a
roasting or grilling bird.

Oh, it is a slow death.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Jim Elbrecht" > wrote
>> Good a time as any to also ask. . .
>> I had a recipe that called for MTQ, and since I didn't have any, I
>> googled for a substitute.
>>
>> Does this combination sound right to those who know? [I don't seem to
>> have written down where it came from]
>> Basic Dry Cure/MTQ (make about 3 1/2 cups)
>> 1 pound pickling salt
>> 8 ounces granulated sugar
>> 2 ounces InstaCure #1; or DQ Powder; or Prague Powder #1; or Cure #1
>>
>> [and if it is equivalent- , Back to Marty's question; I've used it
>> and nobody died.<g>]
>>
>> Jim
>
> Sounds about right, but I'd not use a cure unless I wanted cured
> meat, like corned beef, ham, bacon. It would certainly not be my
> choice for brining a roasting or grilling bird.

What Ed said.


--
Dave
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:

>
>"Jim Elbrecht" > wrote
>> Good a time as any to also ask. . .
>> I had a recipe that called for MTQ, and since I didn't have any, I
>> googled for a substitute.
>>
>> Does this combination sound right to those who know? [I don't seem to
>> have written down where it came from]
>> Basic Dry Cure/MTQ (make about 3 1/2 cups)
>> 1 pound pickling salt
>> 8 ounces granulated sugar
>> 2 ounces InstaCure #1; or DQ Powder; or Prague Powder #1; or Cure #1
>>
>> [and if it is equivalent- , Back to Marty's question; I've used it and
>> nobody died.<g>]
>>
>> Jim
>
>Sounds about right, but I'd not use a cure unless I wanted cured meat, like
>corned beef, ham, bacon. It would certainly not be my choice for brining a
>roasting or grilling bird.

Thanks-- I agree on the usage. The recipe that called for it was
dried beef.

I don't brine birds-- though I marinate them and use lots of salt. .
.. so maybe I do.<g>

>Oh, it is a slow death.

I've likely subjected my body to worse.<g> but all in moderation.

Jim