If you want to go with what is written in 'Home Production of Quality Meats & Sausages', a marinade never becomes a cure. A marinade is used to impart a specific flavor and tenderize the meat for BBQ or grilling. A cure has nitrate/nitrite, is intended as a preservative, e.g. impedes spoilage. I jus...

I toss steaks or chicken into a baking dish, add marinade, slide the whole thing into a FoodSaver vacuum bag. Excellent results, no tumbling.

What map? I do not see a map at the top of the forum.

My understand is that tumbling definitely has its place for processing meats but marinating is not one of them. Marinating is the process of adding flavor and tenderizers to swell the proteins in meat. Tumbling is not necessary for that. That can be accomplish in short time in a vacuum, e.g. somethi...

Hi, I contacted Spitjack to buy their injector. The freight to Australia is $ 108.00. by UPS. They never seem to have heard of the Postal Service and don't use it. If Spitjack wants to expand their export business, they certainly need to offer several shipping options including the post. Regards, J...

Glad you got it Oxide, keep with it and you will feel a lot better for it. The FDA approved crap is just that CRAP fed to the trembling and huddled masses yearning to be fed a free lunch at the cost of their very lives. I can't believe all of this degradation of US meats happened under my nose with...

There is much good derived from synthetic medications and there can be much harm if they are misused. ... If you come to Harford county I will introduce you to beef farmers that raise grass fed angus beef, pastured hogs and sheep. There are no feed lots here Most farms raise all of the feed for the...

With all the hormones I've ingested, ... My breasts are the envy of every Turkey that might happen by. Last night I listed to Dr John Gray on the radio -- author of 'Men Are From Mars, Women Are ...'. He mentioned how the estrogen given to cattle to fatten them and promote growth is affecting men's...

A couple of weeks ago I was watching some YouTube videos on sopressa making. One of the guys tosses his casings into a small buck of clean water and tosses in a couple lemons cut in half. It lets it sit a day, changes the water and sit again. He comments it removes some of the smell of the casing. N...

That pastrami is a thing of beauty! Some day ... soon, I will try.

And that knife -- is it one of those that will cut a 16-penny nail in half, saw through concrete, cut an old leather boot in half, then slice a tomato paper thin?

Good point Oxide. Here at my little hole in the wall farm we eat nothing that comes out of a can and if it comes prepackaged we know who raised it , We are lucky that way I guess but if more people demanded good clean HEALTHY food perhaps there might be a chance, but we all know that Ain't gonna ha...

The fast food industry is the catalyst for food processing. ... Before we can get the industry to make many changes the public will have to start cooking and as long as we have two income families working is going to take much of the time needed for cooking. People will therefore buy food that has ...

It is amazing someone "home brews" their own maple syrup. Way cool!!!

I read some time ago the quality stuff is a 200:1 boil down -- 200 gals of sap boiled down to 1 gal of maple syrup.

Let's give Stan a chance to answer. He is one very busy individual. Not to mention one of the most unselfish people I've ever known. Right now he has several irons in the fire but I'm sure he'll be able to answer soon. I'll give him a shout. Have a little patience. No hurry ... but I'm not waiting ...

ssorllih wrote:
If this is fed to cattle and then we eat pieces of the animals do we also get modified food.

Yes. The definition of "organic" includes not GMO or not fed GMO. That's part of what organic chicken, beef, and pork is all about.