Where to find tender quick

Works particularly well with small cuts of meat, such as pork chops, spareribs and poultry. Morton Tender Quick mix contains salt, the main preserving agent; sugar, both sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite, curing agents that also contribute to development of color and flavor; and propylene glycol to keep the mixture uniform.

It should not be used at higher levels as results will be inconsistent, cured meats will be too salty, and the finished products may be unsatisfactory.

Curing salts should be used only in meat, poultry, game, salmon, shad and sablefish. Curing salts cannot be substituted for regular salt in other food recipes. We cannot recommend for use with pork belly or bacon. Due to the differing fat content of individual cuts, the curing time for these items may vary significantly. For this reason, we cannot recommend the appropriate amount of Tender Quick or curing time in this application.

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The link in the previous paragraph will take you to the Morton product search function. Tucson by: Anonymous. Mortons tender quick by: Anonymous. Where to by tender quick by: Bob. Years ago you could find Morton Tender Quick at any major grocery store but the last two times I bought it I could only find it at Albertson's, they still had it I Googled it and you can not get it no where nears here within 60 miles that I know of, so now I have it coming from Missouri where I'm from.

They say Kentucky hillbillies live off the land, but no one knows what Tender Quick is! We tried to find Tender Quick salt in our area with no luck either. One local meat company said they knew exactly what I was talking about and sold me curing salt for making sausages, hams, etc.

However DON'T ever use this as a substitute because the consistency and concentration is not the same. We used it to make sausage and it was far from edible! It should not be used at higher levels as results will be inconsistent, cured meats will be too salty, and the finished products may be unsatisfactory.

Curing salts should be used only in meat, poultry, game, salmon, shad and sablefish. Curing salts cannot be substituted for regular salt in other food recipes. We cannot recommend Morton Tender Quick for use with pork belly or bacon. Due to the differing fat content of individual cuts, the curing time for these items may vary significantly. For this reason, we cannot recommend the appropriate amount of Tender Quick or curing time in this application.

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