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Thread #96928 Message #1900727
Posted By: Gervase
05-Dec-06 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: Need saltpeter for my Yuletide ham
Subject: RE: BS: Need saltpeter for my Yuletide ham
Unfortunately, in the UK Prague Powder tends to be made wth nitrite rather than nitrate (particularly the Cure Number One variety), being designed for the industrial sausage-maker, and thus you need to be extremely careful when measuring quantities for your home cures - in the order of tenths of a gramme. Get it wrong and you will not be a very well bunny. Best to stick with the old fashioned saltpetre, which is cheaper and less of a bother to use.