QUICK SALT OR SALTPETER

Michigan State University Extension
Preserving Food Safely - 01600815
10/13/97

QUICK SALT OR SALTPETER


     Quick  salt  is another name for  saltpeter,  which  is
potassium  nitrate.   Potassium or sodium nitrate is used in
the curing of home-made sausage,  corned beef, pickled pigs'
feet etc.   Commercially, smaller quantities of potassium or
sodium nitrite are used instead of the nitrate, resulting in
faster  cures.   These  substances are used to  achieve  the
typical   cured   meat   flavor   and  color  and  for their
anti-oxidant  and   bacteriostatic   properties.   They  are
essential in cured meats.                                   


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