Salt Curing Meat

[Just Bill]

I have always wanted to do this myself. I raised Durocs, but never got around to curing any of the meat

 

[Barbwire]

Table salt will be fine if not iodized.

 

[gh1950]

Table salt will be fine if not iodized.

it has a different density than coarser salt. Table salt and kosher/rock salt are not interchangeable volume for volume. if you want to use table salt you need to invest in a kitchen scale, which you should do any way.

If you use table salt and don't correct for it, whatever you are curing will be inedible because it is too salty.

Ask me how I know.

 

[Barbwire]

it has a different density than coarser salt. Table salt and kosher/rock salt are not interchangeable volume for volume. if you want to use table salt you need to invest in a kitchen scale, which you should do any way.

If you use table salt and don't correct for it, whatever you are curing will be inedible because it is too salty.

Ask me how I know.

Look at the vid at the 1:50 mark. They did it for years with table salt and they KNOW what they are doing.