Cured Pork Recipe

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Cured Pork
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Ingredients:

  • 6 lbs salt
  • 4 oz saltpeter

Directions:

  1. Mix all ingredients together on a smooth surface.
  2. Rub meat every morning and every night for 3 days, making sure you rub in good around the bones.
  3. After first rub, place meat skin- side up.
  4. Turn after each rub.
  5. On the 4th day, place a strong wire or hook through the shank of hams and shoulders, (and at corners of middlings, if you're doing them).
  6. Hang from rafters of your smoke house, placing pan underneath to catch the drips.
  7. As it takes the cure, the meat will drip almost continuously.
  8. If the meat becomes moldy after hanging for several weeks, not to worry.
  9. It's not spoiled, just aging.
  10. Just wash meat well when ready to use.
  11. This mix should take care of a 350# to 375# hog.
  12. My husband and I start our hams, shoulders, middlings, ham hocks and jowls, (500 to 600) mid-October and are finished by mid-April.
  13. Have fun and happy eating!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 184.32 Kcal (772 kJ)
Calories from fat 1.15 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.13g 0%
Sodium 52743.98mg 2198%
Potassium 136.69mg 3%
Total Carbs 47.42g 16%
Sugars 44.2g 177%
Dietary Fiber 1.15g 5%
Protein 0.47g 1%
Vitamin C 5.4mg 9%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 89.4mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 97.06 Kcal (406 kJ)
Calories from fat 0.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.07g 0%
Sodium 27773.88mg 2198%
Potassium 71.98mg 3%
Total Carbs 24.97g 16%
Sugars 23.28g 177%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 5%
Protein 0.25g 1%
Vitamin C 2.9mg 9%
Iron 0.5mg 5%
Calcium 47.1mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.5
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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