potassium nitrate

[4v50 Gary]

Where can I get pure stuff? It's for cooking, not making Holy Black.

I checked the reviews at Amazon and their vendors mix it with potash. Ditto with the stuff from Walmart.com.

Looking for a reliable source.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Isn't stump-remover pure?

 

[N555]

Only ingredient listed is potassium nitrate in my stump remover.

 

[hawg]

Stump remover from Home Depot is pure but I can't imagine cooking with it.

 

[Bibbyman]

Potassium nitrate is used in curing meat. Called saltpeter.

 

[brewer12345]

How about getting prague powder instead, assuming you are curing meat?

 

[damoc]

A lot of stump removers available here in Nevada are actually sodium metabisulphate. You should be able to find a supplier of food grade salt peter through ebay. I just did a search and there are multiple sources for food grade salt peter.

 

[J-Bar]

Pharmacist?

 

[MEHavey]

Google < Potassium Nitrate Technical Grade KNO3 4LBs >
99.7% Pure

 

[OFFGRID]

you could also check ag suppliers. you may find a pure form as a fertilizer. idl that i would cook food with it tho

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Given my preteen chemistry set experiments with smoke bombs, I had to look this up.

What is saltpeter (cooking curing salt)?
"In West African cuisine, potassium nitrate (salt petre) is widely used as a thickening agent in soups and stews such as Okra soup and Isi ewu. It is also used to soften food and reduce cooking time when boiling beans and tough meat." -- Cookipedia

"Potash includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. The name derives from pot ash, plant ashes or wood ash soaked in water in a pot, the primary means of manufacturing potash before the Industrial Era. The word potassium is derived from potash." -- Wikipedia
potash - alkaline potassium compound, especially potassium carbonate or potassium hydroxide a caustic chemical like lye.

You don't want to cook with saltpeter containing potash.

Definitely don't cook with stump remover -- it is not food grade..

 

[Rustmangler]

For food grade try a Chinese grocery store. Their are a lot of sources. Some instant ice packs have Kno3 in them. Firework supply sell it also but not food grade. Pottery supply houses sell It for glazing.

 

[4v50 Gary]

You don't want to cook with saltpeter containing potash.

I read the negative reviews on Amazon and Walmart and all of them seem contaminated with potash. I want food grade b/c it's used for Char Siu (Chinese BBQ pork).

 

[entropy]

I bought some at a pharmacy some years ago. I missed the taste of the food at Basic Training.

 

[Just4FunOldGuns]

Craft Butchers Pantry. 99.9% pure
https://butcherspantry.com/product/fcc-usp-food-grade-potassium-nitrate-kno3-saltpetre/

 

[GEM]

Try a monastery. Sorry. Couldn't resist. Chem supply companies?

 

[Bibbyman]

Didn't the old mountain men use black powder as a seasoning?

 

[N555]

A lot of stump removers available here in Nevada are actually sodium metabisulphate. You should be able to find a supplier of food grade salt peter through ebay. I just did a search and there are multiple sources for food grade salt peter.

Yes I have gotten all kinds of interesting chemicals off eBay.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Thanks everyone! I ordered from Craft Butcher's Pantry. 1 lb should last me a life time.