Are Prauge#1, Morton Tender quick and instacure#1 allt basically the same? IE: 6.25% nitrite?
Prague #1 and instacure #1 are the same.
Mortons has sugar in it as well, I believe.
Prague #1 Instacure #1 and pink salt #1 are all the same they have 1 oz sodium nitrite to 1 lb salt
Morton Tender Quick has both sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate along with salt sugar and some anticakeing agent
Cure #1 and Tender Quick are NOT interchangeable
Quote from: FLBentRider on August 27, 2009, 10:22:59 AM
Prague #1 and instacure #1 are the same.
Mortons has sugar in it as well, I believe.
It has salt in it too.
Carolyn
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the concentration of nitrate/nitrite is far less, .5% of each (If I recall correctly).
Probably what OU812 was referring to when he said they weren't interchangeable...
Thanks,
Brian
Here is a link to a short write up on on the three curing salts you mentioned.
Can TQ be substituted for Cure #1 (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830&postcount=38)
Excellent link Hab,
MTQ is VERY weak compared the concentrated cures mentioned. I have some prague #1 somewhere in the house (expired by now) but what I bought was a baby bag, maybe a 100 grams. Needs to be utilized in large mixtures of sausage, that I cant do here in the city, but would use back home on the farm in a 50lb batch.
Please read the weight instructions...
Hi WTF;
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