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Cooking & Baking

Major Nikon

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17. Nitrates used to cure meat pre-dates Christ

Reply to demigoddess (Reply #16)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:51 PM

Jul 2019

Saltpeter has been around for pretty much all of recorded history. Long before refrigeration people figured out botulism and other pretty nasty pathogens are best controlled with nitrates.

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Processed meats are bad but.... [View all] TalenaGor Jul 2019 OP

Yes you can. My brother in Florida, I think has a recipe he found OnDoutside Jul 2019 #1

oohhhh yes please!!! TalenaGor Jul 2019 #2

Here you go OnDoutside Jul 2019 #10

awesome thank you!! TalenaGor Jul 2019 #13

You can buy ground pork, beef, turkey, chicken at the grocery store. Add your own seasonings and japple Jul 2019 #3

I just don't trust grocery stores or factory meats, so safeinOhio Jul 2019 #7

Whatever you prefer...not making any judgments here. japple Jul 2019 #9

Yes you can! iwillalwayswonderwhy Jul 2019 #4

No fennell? irisblue Jul 2019 #5

There are several things I find interesting about this question Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #6

+1. yonder Jul 2019 #8

well yeah but I was thinking sausage might be the easiest to do at home TalenaGor Jul 2019 #11

also ill add... TalenaGor Jul 2019 #12

Nitrates are what turns pork into bacon and ham Major Nikon Jul 2019 #14

Homemade breakfast sausage is super easy to make Kilgore Jul 2019 #15

there is a local company near us that makes an 'uncured' ham that is smoked demigoddess Jul 2019 #16

Nitrates used to cure meat pre-dates Christ Major Nikon Jul 2019 #17

Check the ingredients, I'll bet there's a ton of... sir pball Jul 2019 #18

No fresh sausage is cured sir pball Jul 2019 #19