"Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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> Or something like that. Question: How were hams made (and preserved)
> before the arrival of miracles like sodium nitrite? Tons of salt?
>

Yes. I recall reading that some salt deposits contain traces of nitrates and
nitrites and that over time this salt was prized as being a better
preservative.


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Peter Aitken
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