Buckboard - not cured all the way OK?

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elkhorn98

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Feb 4, 2007
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Occidental, CA
Did my 1st batch of buckboard yesterday and it didn't cure all the way in the center (still brown). Is it still ok to eat? About 1/4 of the slices have a narrow brown band right in the center. Or should I cut that part out?

I followed a recipe from the web that many others have. I also removed the bone in the shoulder and split it in half to help cure. The thickest part was about 3.5 inches. I used tenderquick for 10 days.
 
its still pork..........keep it cold........you have to frie it up anyway.......mite not taste as good as a fully cured buckboard.........but since you are cooking it, it will be fine
 
Seems to me that TQ cures at 7 days per inch. Since you treated both sides, 3.5 inches should take 7+3.5 or 10.5 days. Mighta left it another day.
should be fine... slice and freeze, fry it up and remember next time to add a day or two when figgering dry cure times.
 
only takes 3 to 5 days to cure a pork loin,to make canadin bacon with morton's????? and that was 5 or 6 inches thick??
per morton's recipe.

Mark
 
as thick as that meat was- would need to cure longer. when i cut my loin in half length wise it's about 3 inches thick and i cure for 4 days. about a day and inch. right on richtee i'd follow your advice. make sure you fry it because it's not cured all the way- imho i'd given more time in cure. turning every day.
 
i smoke my bacon before slicing and freezing. 5/6 hrs. low and slow. hick chucks.
 
I'm still trying to understand this. I read the TQ bag a million times. It says brine cure for 24 hours. What are THEY talking about? What are they curing in 24 hours a hot dog? LOL

Now I went to their website and found this.

Now that is a dry cure, and no menton anywhere of a brine cure.
 
my 10lb porkloin, with TQ took 5 days, and was perfect. As any of the folks at the gathering can attest too. Got quite afew rave reviews........used cowgirls method
 
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