grue 1 #1 June 9, 2014 Fun adventure: Try and buy sodium nitrite or potassium nitrate in Australia without having to go online. Christ.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 June 9, 2014 Meh. All it does is make it pink. You don't need no stinkin' nitrates."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #3 June 10, 2014 NWFlyerMeh. All it does is make it pink. You don't need no stinkin' nitrates. True, but it just looks wrong :( It's hard enough to get the brisket in the first place (most butchers overcharge hellaciously for it), I don't want a funny-looking corned beef at the end.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #4 June 11, 2014 Saved by the internet, got it online in time to brine it tonight and have corned beef for next weekend! DOwnside is that I had to buy pre-blended salt-nitrite "curing salt", so I have to throw away the salt, spices and sugar and stuff that I measured out the other night cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #5 June 11, 2014 NWFlyerMeh. All it does is make it pink. You don't need no stinkin' nitrates. Wrong, Grue, have you tried buying some from a slaughterhouse, they always have it. I get mine by the half kilo, lasts me about a year. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #6 June 11, 2014 Zep***Meh. All it does is make it pink. You don't need no stinkin' nitrates. Wrong, Grue, have you tried buying some from a slaughterhouse, they always have it. I get mine by the half kilo, lasts me about a year. Apparently (according to a few places, anyway) it's illegal for them to sell it right to me. Apparently I might poison myself!!11oneohmygodweareallgonnadie. I did find a food supply depot that's happy to sell me unadulterated sodium nitrite but their shipping cost was a bit exorbitant so I skipped it this time. $19 to ship 50 grams? Loooool.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #7 June 11, 2014 " Apparently I might poison myself!!11oneohmygodweareallgonnadie. " Be very careful with that stuff it CAN KILL YOU, the amounts you have to use are tiny. invest in a set of digital scales that go down to at least two decimal points If I remember correctly corned beef is 0.5% of nitrite and nitrate by weight. Do not take my word for it, look up the amount you need to add. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #8 June 11, 2014 Zep " Apparently I might poison myself!!11oneohmygodweareallgonnadie. " Be very careful with that stuff it CAN KILL YOU, the amounts you have to use are tiny. invest in a set of digital scales that go down to at least two decimal points If I remember correctly corned beef is 0.5% of nitrite and nitrate by weight. Do not take my word for it, look up the amount you need to add. Oh definitely, but to not let me buy it at all because it's potentially a danger is preposterous. Put a nice little sticker on it that says "Hey, this can kill you", and let it rip. I just go crazy over the cotton-swaddled mentality of society these days. My way of thinking is that if I kill myself by making food, the world is clearly better off without me in it.cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theplummeter 15 #9 June 12, 2014 Fun fact: If you poison yourself drinking antifreeze the hospital will get you super drunk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #10 June 12, 2014 theplummeter Fun fact: If you poison yourself drinking antifreeze the hospital will get you super drunk. The fact may be fun, but is it, in fact, fun? lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #11 June 12, 2014 Iago***Fun adventure: Try and buy sodium nitrite or potassium nitrate in Australia without having to go online. Christ. Can't you buy that in a drugstore? It's called 'Epsom Salts' over here in the States. That's a different thing :)cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #12 June 12, 2014 " Oh definitely, but to not let me buy it at all because it's potentially a danger is preposterous. Put a nice little sticker on it that says "Hey, this can kill you", and let it rip. I just go crazy over the cotton-swaddled mentality of society these days. " On that I agree with you 100%. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #13 June 12, 2014 Iago***Fun adventure: Try and buy sodium nitrite or potassium nitrate in Australia without having to go online. Christ. Can't you buy that in a drugstore? It's called 'Epsom Salts' over here in the States. Epsom salt is Magnesium Sulfate.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #14 June 12, 2014 First they came for your nitrates, then the artisanal cheese"What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
