Carolina Treet question

[Ka Honu]

So I finally got some CT and tested a bit of it on a lone chicken thigh just to see what it tasted like.  The thigh had been brined before adding the CT and baking.  Came out pretty good but also pretty salty.  I'm not sure if that was a result of the brining or the CT.  I plan to roast a chicken tomorrow and would normally brine it beforehand.  If I'm using CT, should I skip the brine and rub/inject CT instead?

Same question with pork butt - omit the brine and inject/rub with CT?

Thanks.

[FLBentRider]

I've never noticed a salty taste with CT.

I use CT as a base for rub on a butt,(where others use a CYM slather)

I haven't brined a butt in a while.

[squirtthecat]

I would just go with straight slather/inject of CT and skip the brine.  I'm not sure how they would play together (as I haven't brined anything yet).

It does have a fair amount of salt in it:

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 Tbs.

Calories        40
Fat             2
Cholesterol    0
Sodium         1070
Carbohydrate 5
Protein          0


CT in Hawaii?  Wow, that's got to be a record distance for a bottle of it to travel......

[FLBentRider]

So that's 1070mg in six tsp - you maybe get 3 tsp per piece of chicken.

Not bad.

[Ka Honu]

CT in Hawaii?  Wow, that's got to be a record distance for a bottle of it to travel......

My ex lives just outside Savannah so she had 4 bottles waiting for me when I went there last month.  Luckily we're still good friends so I didn't have to worry about making sure the bottles hadn't been tampered with.

[TestRocket]

CT in Hawaii?  Wow, that's got to be a record distance for a bottle of it to travel......

My ex lives just outside Savannah so she had 4 bottles waiting for me when I went there last month.  Luckily we're still good friends so I didn't have to worry about making sure the bottles hadn't been tampered with.

I don't care who you are that's just funny!

[Tenpoint5]

Ka Honu I would say that the salty taste was from the brine. The wings I did today had no salty taste to them at all. I just brushed the ct on and let them go in the SRG

[squirtthecat]

Can you do 2 chickens side-by-side?  One brine + CT and one just CT?   That should nail down your saline culprit..

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Any chance that chick was "enhanced"?  That's the kind that contains x% of broth or a solution of abc ?  It's getting very hard to find one that isn't, unless you pay double (or more) for a free-range all natural type.  Even the Pilgrims Pride "All Natural" birds down here are the enhanced variety.  If it was that kind of bird that likely was the culprit.

[Ka Honu]

After a bit of review and cogitation, I'm tending to agree that the brine was a bit too salty for "small nekkid parts."  Shouldn't be as big an issue for whole birds and I may skip it altogether in favor of a CT injection.