Sodium Nitrite

[senorkevin]

It's fine to use but use 10% less than the amount in recipes for 6.25% cure.

Phil

How do you work out that I need to use 10%
Are all recipes with cure #1 with 6.25%?

[Wunderdave]

Cure 1 assumes 6.25% nitrite usually

So if your curing salt has 7%, use 10% less of it (7% times .9 = 6.3%) and like the poster above says you can replace that 10% with common salt which would be 0% nitrite.

[senorkevin]

What is the .9?
Is the 6.3% at the end of your equation the percentage of nitrite?

[wheels]

Taking 10% off 7% = 6.3%, which is near enough to the 6.25% in 'normal' cure #1 .

As far as I can see, you've got cure. Why not get a piece of pork, tell us the weight and we'll tell you the amounts of cure/salt/sugar to rub into it so that you can make some bacon?

Phil

[senorkevin]

Splendid will do. Which cut to you recommend for bacon?

[wheels]

Boneless loin or boneless belly.

Phil

[senorkevin]

Ok for example;
I have this recipe

Jerk sausage
Ingredients Metric Per cent
Pork shoulder 2268.0 g 92.3
Habanero chili* 90.0 g 4
Salt 28.0 g 1.25
Brown sugar 22.0 g 1.0
Pimento (Allspice) 8.0 g 0.3
Cure #1 5.7 g 0.25
Paprika 4.0 g 0.2
Black pepper 4.0 g 0.2
Anise 3.0 g 0.15
Garlic 3.0 g 0.15
Nutmeg 3.0 g 0.15
Cinnamon 1.0 g 0.05
Ginger 1.0 g 0.05
Cloves 1.0 g 0.05
Mace 1.0 g 0.05
Totals 2.4 Kg

So... for cure #1 I subtract 10 % which would be 5.13g of cure #1
Or... I could add 10% more salt which would be 30.8g of salt

[Wunderdave]

right, you use the 5.13 g of cure 1 instead of 5.7g of it.

If you want to increase salt you just increase it by .57 grams, not by 10% of the salt content total.

[senorkevin]

Yeah sorry Dave. I realised after I sent the message

[senorkevin]

Boneless loin sounds the best. I'm off to the market tomorrow!

[DiyBacon]

If your mix is heavy on the salt then you won't want to dump it on your compost or you'll have a sterile salt brick.

Ooops things seem to have moved on a bit meanwhile !
but yes, you could be right if you are talking small heaps ( mine average 9ftx6ftx4ft high with sometimes 6x6ft extensions)
Now.if we were talking chlorate instead of chloride I woud have to agree with you !

[DiyBacon]

Its Mexico! There are no laws

Hehee Ok, fair cop
I thought long and hard about this :-

Dissolve in water then pour down your drain.
(1) the nitrosomonas and nitrobacter will soon sort out your nitrite
(2) if anyone asks about the chloride, you just had a excessive mashpotato party