Complete ready-to-use meat cure for home use for dry
curing hams, bacon and small cuts. Package comes with chart (transcribed below)
and a packet of spices to be mixed with main contents prior to use. 7-1/2
lb. Net Weight.
Directions:
Note amount of cure to use from chart below.
Rub cure in well, especially around shank and aitch bone of the ham. Place
meat in clean refrigerator between 36-40 deg F. At seven-day intervals, remove
from refrigerator and make second and third application of cure. Return to
refrigerator. When curing is complete, soak hams and bacon in lukewarm water
for one hour to remove excess surface salt. Pay try and return to refrigerator
for equilibration. Equilibrate hams for 20 days, bacon for 2 days. After
equilibration, full cure long cut hams may be aged at 70-85 deg F. Cook pork
to 160 deg F.
Curing
time is seven (7) days per inch of thickness.
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Hams
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1st Application
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2nd Application
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3rd Application
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Mild Cure
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2-1/2 lbs
/ 100 lbs
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2-1/2 lbs
/ 100 lbs
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None
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Full Cure*
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2-1/2 lbs
/ 100 lbs
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2-1/2 lbs
/ 100 lbs
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2-1/2 lbs
/ 100 lbs
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Bacon and
Small Cuts
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1/2 oz
/ lb
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None
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None
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* Full
cure hams are not skinned and are generally aged for about six months.
The package contains a packet of spices. Mix
spices thoroughly with the meat curing ingredients just prior to use. Discard
any unused portion of spice/cure mix remaining after curing. For small batches,
combine 1-1/4 teaspoons of spice mix with one cup of meat curing ingredients.
Ingredients:
Salt, sugar, Propylene Glycol, 0.5% Sodium Nitrate (preservative), 0.5% Sodium Nitrite
(preservative), spice extractives, dextrose.