I can remember my Parents making sausage occasionally when I was very young (55-60 years ago). One thing that I recall was a box of "Morton Tender Quick" in their cupboard. I've researched it and realize it's somewhat of a curing salt. My question is have any of you Pit Members ever used this or have any experience with it? In particular with a sausage recipe?
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Nope. Never used it but I don’t see an issue for food realty to eat.
(no science invoked here meaning it’s basically salt and a wee bit of nitrite)
otherwise for "sausage making" I would follow a trusted standardized recipe. (Or almost standardized)
Backroadmeats ??? Or one of y’all make boatloads of sausage.
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Yes have used it but not with sausage. Used it for Canadian Bacon and had zero issues. Used to be able to get it at our local Kroger. They have not carried it in about 5 yrs. Last time I bought it I used the Web Restaurant Store.Comment
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Sorry not in sausage. It was part of my dads ground venison jerky recipe. He would run venison, tender quick and his spice blend through the grinder then either extrude it into strips with a thing that looked like a large caulking gun or place it in a press that molded it it strips. It was very good.Comment
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I've used it for years in a recipe I got from a book on preparing and cooking wild game meat. It appears to be similar to Meathead's. I've stuck with the one I already had simply because I've had good results. About the only change I've made is to cut the amount of pickling spices to 2 tablespoons.
Corning Meat
4 to 6 lb. brisket, flank, or shoulder roast, up to 1 inch thick
1 gallon spring or distilled water
1 cup canning and pickling salt
1 cup tenderizing salt (e.g. Morton’s Tenderquick)
6 Tbsp. sugar
4 Tbsp. (1/4 cup) mixed pickling spice
4 bay leaves
16 whole black peppercorns
2 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
Roll brisket or flank loosely and tie. Place in large glass or pottery mixing bowl or in large oven cooking bag.
In glass or enamel sauce pan combine remaining ingredients. Heat just to boiling. Remove from heat and cool.
Pour cooled brine over meat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, or, if using oven bag, squeeze to remove air, twist neck of bag, and seal. Refrigerate 4 to 5 days, turning meat occasionally. Drain. Rinse meat with cold water.
To prepare corned meat, place in Dutch oven. Cover with cold water. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and cover. Simmer until tender, 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours.
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the stuff you use for sausage and other meats you're curing/aging is different than Prague powder #1, too. I've not used it but this stuff is made for sausage. I just point this out to note here that the two things are not interchangeable. AS above, I'd find a trusted recipe vs winging it. Mmm... wings....Comment
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I've made corned beef with it years ago. I remember the results being very good.Comment
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I use it in my bacon cure recipe. Works great for me.Comment
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I used Tender Quick for probably 20 years to make various sausages and whole muscle products like Canadian bacon, corned beef, etc. Results were always good following Morton's recipes.
More recently, I've switched to Cure #1 (AKA Prague powder) for 2 reasons:
1) I am trying to follow doctor's orders to limit salt intake, with Tender Quick the quantity of salt is fixed. I now make corned beef at 1% salt.
2) Tender Quick contains sodium nitrate (along with sodium nitrite) which is unnecessary for most of what I do
I still use it for quick brine cures of poultry, pork chops, etc., but when I use it up, that too will end.Comment
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I have seen people use it but I don't. The problem with it is if you want to use more or less salt you adjust the amount of cure. I would say to just buy pink salt and regular salt then you can adjust salt levels and cure levels separately. I do use a similar product for dry brining pork butts and brisket .. puts a nice smoke ring on them in my electric smoker!!Comment
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