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[Habanero Smoker]

I'm sure LS will respond, he couldn't get Tender Quick, so he was able to substitute anyother curing agent.

[LilSmoker]

Hi LS
Where do you get Moretons Tender quick in UK. Can you give me a lead please as I would love to do some Pastrami Habs style.
By the way I'm smug smug smug after last week-end. Everything went according to plan and when our last house guests left this morning the took a slab of cold smoked salmon with them. All the guys were suitably impressed with the quality of food that came out of theOBS and now want a toy themselves.
See ya
Neil

Hi Boybach, glad to hear the food was a hit, just as we knew it would be  ;)

As regards to the TenderQuick, as you know this stuff is as rare as rocking horse sh*t in the u.k. ::)

I did a lot of searching, and was looking at making up something with salt, nitrites, and nitrates etc, but a much easier way is to use this curing salt:

http://www.sausagemaking.org/acatalog/All_Purpose_Curing_Salt.html

I have been using this curing salt for a while now with excellent results, it doesn't come with instructions, but there is some info in the link, or you can speak to somebody at sausagemaking.org, who will provide answers to any questions you might have.

I was originaly recommended to these people by manxman, and ever since i have bought on a regular basis from them without any problems.

I believe you may also substitute TenderQuick with Praque powder?, but i'm happy with the curing salt.

Anyway if i can be of any further help, just give me a shout  ;)

LilSmoker

[Habanero Smoker]

LS;
I love that little icon.

I believe (not sure) that Prague Powder #2, is almost the same as Tender Quick.

[Gizmo]

I believe (not sure) that Prague Powder #2, is almost the same as Tender Quick.

With all the sausage talk on a few different topics here (and something I am doing a bit of reading on), I thought I'd post this link that has some good information on cures and sausage.  The following is from the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_making.  Little more detail than in my previous post on Nitrate.

"In the sausage industry the nitrites and nitrates are pre-formulated into a product called Prague powder #1 and Prague powder #2. Prague powder #1 contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% sodium chloride and is used for the preparation of all cured meats and sausages other than the dry type. Prague powder #2 contains 1 ounce of sodium nitrite and 0.64 ounces sodium nitrate per pound of finished product (the remaining 14.36 ounces is sodium chloride) and is used for the preparation of Cured dry sausages. Prague powder #2 should NEVER be used on any product that will be fried at high temperature (eg. bacon) because of the formation of nitrosamines."

[LilSmoker]

LS;
I love that little icon.

A little tribute to your recipe Habs, gotta spread the word!, glad you like it  ;)

With all the sausage talk on a few different topics here (and something I am doing a bit of reading on), I thought I'd post this link that has some good information on cures and sausage.  The following is from the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_making.  Little more detail than in my previous post on Nitrate.

"In the sausage industry the nitrites and nitrates are pre-formulated into a product called Prague powder #1 and Prague powder #2. Prague powder #1 contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% sodium chloride and is used for the preparation of all cured meats and sausages other than the dry type. Prague powder #2 contains 1 ounce of sodium nitrite and 0.64 ounces sodium nitrate per pound of finished product (the remaining 14.36 ounces is sodium chloride) and is used for the preparation of Cured dry sausages. Prague powder #2 should NEVER be used on any product that will be fried at high temperature (eg. bacon) because of the formation of nitrosamines."

Hey Giz, that's very usefull and informative, thanks............LilSmoker ;)

[Wildcat]

Hey LS.  I am not much of a computer geek.  How do you find and then put icons on here other than the ones already available?  I love yours.

[Habanero Smoker]

Gizmo;
Thanks for the link.

I had posted a link some time ago that compared the different cures side by side, but I couldn't locate it. I'll take another look latter.

[LilSmoker]

Hey LS.  I am not much of a computer geek.  How do you find and then put icons on here other than the ones already available?  I love yours.

Hi Wildcat, a few members have asked me about this, so i'll post the links here, i have the original Emotipad (registered version) i don't know if this is still supported if unregistered? but anyway here's a link:

http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Stationery/Review_00497_index.html

The replacement for Emotipad is SmileyPad, which i beleive is free?, here's the link for SmileyPad:

http://www.smileypad.com/

Ok, i'll try and give you a bit of info, once you have downed and installed the SmileyPad, you get a library of free smileys etc, which are already hosted, so you can drag and drop them into foprum posts and e-mails.

You can add smileys to the pad by dragging them into various folders, or you can put your own hosted smileys/emoticons into the pad to use later in posts and mails.

It's very easy to use, i have so many i can't find half of them hehe!, sometimes i make some in Photoshop, anyway just a bit of fun ;)

Hope this helps, if you need any further help just let me know.

LilSmoker

[Wildcat]

Thanks.  I will give it a try and if I need further help I will yell.  Gizmo sent a couple of links to me last night.

[Wildcat]

I think I got it!

[iceman]

Hey LS.  I am not much of a computer geek.  How do you find and then put icons on here other than the ones already available?  I love yours.

Hi Wildcat, a few members have asked me about this, so i'll post the links here, i have the original Emotipad (registered version) i don't know if this is still supported if unregistered? but anyway here's a link:

http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Stationery/Review_00497_index.html

The replacement for Emotipad is SmileyPad, which i beleive is free?, here's the link for SmileyPad:

http://www.smileypad.com/

Ok, i'll try and give you a bit of info, once you have downed and installed the SmileyPad, you get a library of free smileys etc, which are already hosted, so you can drag and drop them into foprum posts and e-mails.

You can add smileys to the pad by dragging them into various folders, or you can put your own hosted smileys/emoticons into the pad to use later in posts and mails.

It's very easy to use, i have so many i can't find half of them hehe!, sometimes i make some in Photoshop, anyway just a bit of fun ;)

Hope this helps, if you need any further help just let me know.

LilSmoker

Thanks for the link LS

[LilSmoker]

I think I got it!

Wildcat!  ;)

Thanks for the link LS

You're welcome iceman...........

Btw guys, this isn't an excuse for.................

.......LilSmoker

[Wildcat]

LS, I was able to get something off of both sites.  The second one worked fine on the this forum , but the first one is designed for e-mail.  When I try to use it on the forum it says something about converting to HTML.  Is that what I need to do to use it on here?  Oops, just noticed that the icon for the first one is no longer available.  Guess I will have to download again. :'(

[LilSmoker]

Hi Wildcat, yeah should be html for use in the forum, it could be that it's no longer supported, and the smileys are not hosted?.

The original Emotipad had 2 button options, one was for forum posting and the other was for e-mail.
Maybe my Emotipad still works as it's a registered version, and has life time support? that's the only explanation i can think of, but if the SmileyPad works, you should be able to do all the same things with it.

You can add new stuff into your SmileyPad, i've now exported my Emotipad library into it, and it works fine.

Anyway let me know how it goes  ;).............LilSmoker

[Wildcat]

  Still can't get the one set to work, but at least I have this one.  Very limited selections though.  I just love the little signs that you use.