Can I use brine from fermented pickles for curing meat?

[AHVincent]

Can I use brine from fermented pickles for curing meat?

I make some delicious Kosher style dills that work perfectly everytime.

I want to make some corned beef, smoke meat ect...

Can I cure the meat in the probiotic brine in the fridge? Will it make it cure faster, make it go bad?

[manda]

I had a look in the bits of information I've got ...and then I looked on the www and I couldn't find anything so here's my thoughts...

The brine hasn't been used for meat or anything with fats in it so in theory it's unlikely (I'm not going to say for definite) that there would be any bugs in it. I suppose the short answer is get a small piece of meat and give it a try - which I would do anyway if I'm honest. The whole thing with charcuterie is there is as much as science involved and if you're going to try something like this (I'm sure someone somewhere must have done it...but did they write about it I can't find it LOL!!) so experiment with a small piece and see how it goes.