Products

Vinegar Powder, White Balsamic is a sweet and sour powder. We take quality white balsamic vinegar and dehydrate it until only solids that are a mix of grape solids, tannins, and acids are left behind. The balsamic vinegar powder has a sharper tartness than the liquid form. In addition, this form allows it to be used as a rub. Combine with salt and pepper and use this white wine vinegar powder for homemade pita chips or potato chips. We also like it rubbed onto a pork loin with a bit of garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, and smoked salt.

Honey, Granulated is honey that has been dried and ground. The honey retains the same flavor but has a crunchy quality to it. Furthermore, it dissolves well in liquid, but doesn’t have the stickiness of fresh honey. Granulated honey is a used for vinaigrettes, sauces, marinades, and brines. However, bakers and candy makers are the ones who most often use it. Granulated honey is a way to imbue a honey flavor without working with honey directly (which is persnickety, burns easily, and browns into a dark unpleasant color when heated). Honey, Granulated is an intriguing spin to a classic ingredient.

Curing Salt, Pink is a necessary ingredient for short term curing. The pink pickling salt can be used for sausages or on fish to cure meat into aged delights. Curing Salt, Pink also known as Prague Powder #1, pink curing salt is dyed to easily identify it from regular salt. The makeup is 6% sodium nitrite and 94% table salt. Sodium nitrate helps both to prevent the growth of bacteria (in particular, botulism) and to preserve the original color of the meat. Use 1 ounce of pink pickling salt for every 25 pounds of meat, as more may cause the meat to become overly salty and unpalatable. Prague powder #1 should not be used in place of table or seasoning salt. It is also not practical for long term curing projects such as salami. The name Prague powder could originate from the part of Europe where Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic are. Prague also used to have major meat packing and meat curing districts. Theoretically, one could argue the colloquial name simply arose from its use in Prague.