摘要:Determination of the effects of CaCl2 and brine curing technique on the tenderness and some other quality characteristics of pastirma, a Turkish raw and dry cured meat product, was the main objective of this research. Pastirma was produced from beef semitendinosus muscle by injecting 0.3M CaCI2 up to 5.0% green weight using dry and/or brine curing methods. The effects of CaCI2 injection and/or brine curing technique on the tenderness and most of the other quality criteria were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The results were 8.78-11.58 Ib for WBS, 20.6-42.3 for MFI and % 2.18-2.44 for TCA soluble nitrogen as an indication for the tenderness. In conclusion, the results of this research suggested that CaCI2 and brine curing technique do not have any negative effect on the most of quality properties of pastirma but the research on similar subject should continue to improve quality characteristics of Turkish pastirma.