curing salt = tinted curing mixture = TCM = Prague Powder #1 Notes: This is used to cure meats and fish. It's usually dyed pink so that it won't be mistaken for ordinary salt. It consists of 93.75% table salt and 6.25% sodium nitrate.
Curing salt - A salt that has nitrates added and is used as a preservative in sausage making. Available in some supermarkets and specialty markets.
Curing salt: A mixture of 94 percent table salt (sodium chloride) and 6 percent sodium nitrite used to preserve meats. (Also known as tinted curing mixture, or TCM.) ...
FLP was a curing salt sold to locker plants; FLP is an acronym 'For Locker Plants'. The product has been discontinued.
See also: Potato, Grill, Water, Slice, Grilling
 
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