cure question

[jack and coke]

mixed cure #1 into my meat for sticks.  didn't mix it with water.

shouldn't hurt, right?

[NePaSmoKer]

mixed cure #1 into my meat for sticks.  didn't mix it with water.

shouldn't hurt, right?

Cure with water incorporates better into the meat. Adding dry to the meat can cause lump.

[jack and coke]

ok. but it will still kill the bad things.
guess i'll have to see if it lumps tomorrow.

thank you

[Friar_Tuck]

If I am using water in the sausage mix, I always like to stir the cure into the water.
If I am not adding water to the mix, such as in Pepperoni, I stir the cure into the seasonings.
The water just helps spread the cure through the meat more even.
The cure will do what it is made to do with the meat even if put straight into the meat dry, it is just easier to get an even mix if the cure is mixed in with something else first.
Jim

[jack and coke]

i did mix it with the seasonings.  just not in water