INGREDIENTS
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3 quarts (3 liters) cold water
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1 cup (300 g) maple syrup
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2/3 cup (150 g) kosher salt
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2 tablespoons Prague powder #1 cure (optional)
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10 peppercorns
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1 tablespoon mustard seeds
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1 bay leaf
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4 1/2 pounds (2 kg) boneless lean
pork loin
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1 1/2 cups (215 g) coarse cornmeal or 1 1/2 cups (340 g) dried yellow peas, roughly milled in a food processor