5 cures aka Recipes

ground beef, water, liquid smoke, onion powder, coarse black pepper, garlic powder, mustard seeds, quick curing salt (mortons tender quick salt)

thick slices of homemade white bread toasted, butter, salt and pepper, hot milk, just to the scalding point, not boiled/whole milk, no skim

heads of garlic, separated into cloves, unpeeled, browned vegetable stock (i use ultimate ultimate ) or 6 cups any well-flavored chicken stock or 6 cups well-flavored vegetable stock, dried sage, dried leaf thyme, parsley, pepper , to taste, tomato juice (i only use low sodium v8) or 2 cups v 8 vegetable juice (i only use low sodium v8), uncooked orzo pasta or 3/4 cup alphabet pasta or 3/4 cup other small shell pasta, egg yolks, garlic bread , croutes (i use croutes croutes), sharp cheddar cheese (or a combination of cheddar & monterey) or 4 -6 oz monterey jack cheese, shredded (or a combination of cheddar & monterey), minced fresh parsley or cilantro, for garnish, ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced, for garnish (optional)

tomatoes, diced,about 1 cup (peeled and seeded , optional), green onions, finely chopped ,about 1/8 cup, crushed ice, smoked salmon or 1 -2 oz cured salmon, about 3 to 4 tbsp,diced or flaked (not raw, recommended) (optional), cracked black pepper, to taste (approximately ), coarse salt, to taste (approximately )