Umai salt/cure blend: Are we that stupid?
Umai salt/cure blend: Are we that stupid?
Umai announced that it now sells a pre-mixed blend of kosher salt and Cure #2, in packets to be added to a 5lb batch of meat mince. The proportions are 3% salt and .25% Cure #2. The price per packet is $6 ($7.8o CDN). http://shop.umaidry.com/collections/sal ... e-2-packet
I buy cure #2 for $5.95 (CDN) for a 1lb(454g) package. I buy Italian sea salt for 99¢ for 1 kg. To make 5lbs of salami using the same proportions, costs me 6.8¢ for the salt and 7.4¢ for Cure #2. Grand total: 14.2¢ Canadian cents or 11¢ American pennies.
Are there really people out there that stupid that they will pay Umai $6 for 68g of salt and 5.67g of Cure #2?
I buy cure #2 for $5.95 (CDN) for a 1lb(454g) package. I buy Italian sea salt for 99¢ for 1 kg. To make 5lbs of salami using the same proportions, costs me 6.8¢ for the salt and 7.4¢ for Cure #2. Grand total: 14.2¢ Canadian cents or 11¢ American pennies.
Are there really people out there that stupid that they will pay Umai $6 for 68g of salt and 5.67g of Cure #2?
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Yep. I'm kind of done with them. Before I found this forum, I wanted to make soppressata. I called them and they told me to go online and follow the video for all the instructions. The video had a recipe and the dosages were so far different than their own documentation that came with their own cure and dextrose packages. They also cater to alot of people that doesn't have a gram scale, which is the reason they are probably premixing the cure and salt. You really cant weigh cure using pounds and ounces, which is probably the other reason some of their recipes are teaspoons. I do use their bags for dry aged whole loins for rib eyes and strips, but I dont anticipate using Umai for salumi now that I have a chamber.
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It's a different clientele. I was dry aging much before curing. I was and still am using their bags for that. There are alot of people whohave no clue about chambers, just like me 4 months ago. If it wasn't for them recommending Marianski's book, I would've never found this forum. In fact, my first batch of salami was using Umai and their cure and dextrose.
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Kind of the same thing as Yeti koozies...if someone wants to pay $30 for a metal koozie to keep a beer cold, I think that's ridiculous. A $1 koozie does the same thing. Plus my beer never lasts long enough to get warm anyway! Plenty of gullible folks out there..apparently enough to make a very good living off of!