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Big Muddy rancher

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Does anybody know if Pickling salt can replace Saltpetre when brine curing meat.

We have a Corned Beef recipe but it calls for saltpetre. Hard to get these days and I wonder how it is on the Blood pressure.
 
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I use Morton's Meat cure in my brines. I've been using my Xmas smoker pretty much 24/7 since I got it. Pickeral in there now and beef jerky waiting it's turn. Be careful of the side effects of Saltpetre lol.
 
just phoned an outfit in the city that teaches sausage making etc. and handles supplies. they handle a brine cure mix that they use for corned beef, it contains 95% salt 5% sodium nitrite
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
Does anybody know if Pickling salt can replace Saltpetre when brine curing meat.

We have a Corned Beef recipe but it calls for saltpetre. Hard to get these days and I wonder how it is on the Blood pressure.
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Salt + high blood pressure = no good.
js
 
If I'm not mistaken, Salt Petre is Potassium Nitrate which is the active ingredient in Stump Remover. Go to your lawn/garden section of your hardware/home improvement store and you'll find it.

It also acts as an oxidizer in case you desire to make smoke bombs or wicks.
 
We had the same problem when we were trying to make corned beef. What we found was a pink curing salt from our processor. They referred to it as LEM cure. I beleive that is a brand name as I have seen it in some of the farm stores. I just get it from them, as I can buy as much as I want at a time. This is the new salt peter. I had asked at the local drug store for it once and all I got was a blank stare.
 
Northern Rancher said:
My Dad gave me a can of saltpeter on my 16th birthday....I have no idea why.
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Potassium nitrate was once thought to induce impotence, and is still falsely rumored to be in institutional food (such as military fare) as an anaphrodisiac; however, there is no scientific evidence for such properties
 

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