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Using a brine to cure meats
May 23rd, 2024 at 6:59pm
 
https://www.theculinarypro.com/brines

A brine means the meat being ”cured” has more moisture in it, more “juice.”

Means the amount of cure is more than for dry curing.
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Re: Using a brine to cure meats
Reply #1 - Jul 9th, 2024 at 11:12am
 
I use percentage by weight method to calculate right amount of salts, it works same for both wet and dry.
For food preservation and fermentation I usually go 1 to 3%.

Here biltong beef and duck breast dry cured at 2%  then dried and cold smoked.

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Reply #2 - Jul 28th, 2024 at 6:37pm
 
Don’t have a cold smoker yet but it is on the list of things to make.
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Reply #3 - Jul 28th, 2024 at 10:34pm
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 29th, 2024 at 8:21am
 
Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 28th, 2024 at 6:37pm:
Don’t have a cold smoker yet but it is on the list of things to make.


If you are going to have cold smoking setup go for a smoke generator.

Something like this

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Reply #5 - Jul 29th, 2024 at 11:03am
 
Thanks for that, bookmarked that page! For $69 no need to faff around with firepit and old fridge etc.

Probably next year—I have a house to paint {OMG!}
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