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This was actually addressed in the article: the product used to cure meat is only 6% pure sodium nitrite. In this case, Amazon was selling a 98% pure sodium nit
by oulipo 4y ago
This was actually addressed in the article: the product used to cure meat is only 6% pure sodium nitrite. In this case, Amazon was selling a 98% pure sodium nitrite, which has no known household use
- LatteLazy 4y ago6% SN also has no household use. The thread is wrong to imply it does. Curing salt is <1% SN, so either way you need to dilute it.
- 988747 4y agoSo now you get the reason why a person might want to buy 98% pure SN: to have a stockpile that lasts long, just take a bit of SN and dilute it to the required concentration.
- LatteLazy 4y agoExactly. People (I've done it once or twice but I am not super into it) who cure their own meat get quite obsessive about their "recipes" 0.5% or 0.4% or 0.6% SN? Cloves or Nutmeg? etc.