SC - Re: Sweet jerky recipe

[John Henschen]

I looked at the hams at the grocery store last night before I got this
message and look at the "cured with" ingredients. Yup, sugar or dextrose was
the first on the list. I'll just shut up now before I make myself look even
more ignorant. *sigh*
- -----Original Message-----
From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: SC - Re: Sweet jerky recipe



>
>Jerkies are invariably cured with at least some sugar all over the Far
>East. You can buy commercial versions of jerkies of beef, pork, chicken,
>turtle, and, believe it or not, squid. And, oddly enough, it's good,
>too.
>
>Sugar works the same way as salt does in high concentrations. It causes
>plasmolysis in microorganisms: they undergo massive osmosis of their
>bodily plasma, effectively exploding. Also, it produces a more tender
>product than salt used alone.
>
>I refer unbelievers to sugar-cured ham and bacon, which are made with
>mixtures of sugar and salt in their cures.
>
>Adamantius


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