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Title: L.E.M.Cure=pink salt/prague powder?
Post by: Daveo on June 01, 2009, 07:01:37 PM

Hi
I want to try Hab's Canadian Bacon recipe next.Got two packets of L.E.M. Cure at Bass Pro.Is this equivalent to the pink salt,etc in the recipe?
Ingredients:
salt
sodium nitrite 6.25%
red color
anti-caking agent

Thanks!!

Title: Re: L.E.M.Cure=pink salt/prague powder?
Post by: Caribou on June 01, 2009, 08:08:32 PM

Welcome to the forum!
I have a pack of pink salt here that has the same ingredients and I use it when cure #1, pink salt or prague powder is called for in a recipe.
Hopefully some one with more experience will confirm this, too.
Carolyn

Title: Re: L.E.M.Cure=pink salt/prague powder?
Post by: Habanero Smoker on June 02, 2009, 01:43:48 AM

Hi Daveo;

Carolyn is right. The U.S. manufacturers have agreed to use the same formula for Cure #1 or pink salt; which is 1 pound salt, and 1 ounce sodium nitrite. The pink color is to help people identify it from regular table salt. Some use anti-caking and some don't.

Various Names for Cure #1 (there may be others on the market)
Pink salt
Prague powder #1
Instacure #1
Pink curing salt
TMC - Tinted curing mixture
TCP - Tinted curing powder
Modern cure
FLP

Title: Re: L.E.M.Cure=pink salt/prague powder?
Post by: Daveo on June 02, 2009, 05:07:21 PM

Thank you so much!
My first smoke of salmon came out great!Hope to do two chickens day after tomorrow.
Will start curing the pork loin then.
Can't wait!
Thanks again1

BRADLEY SMOKER | "Taste the Great Outdoors"

Smoking Techniques => Curing => Topic started by: Daveo on June 01, 2009, 07:01:37 PM