i came across this video and thought it might be worth watching
There are health issues associated with salt & salt petre of course.
Some evidence of blood pressure & heart issues sure. 20% increase in one particular type of cancer with salt petre. These are the reported issues. I can report similar issues on almost any foodstuff (e.g. bacon cured with celery salt often contains more nitrites than salt petre). However I like to include the relevant issues with sll our "how to" stuff. Then grown ups can do their own research and make informed decisionsWhat do you mean by "health issues associated with salt"? If you mean the idea that salt gives you high blood pressure, then forgive my French, but "********" is the word that springs to mind...
Absolutely agreed. Making your own & better yet butchering your own (and best of all raising or taking your own) puts a person firmly control of what is on their plate.If you eat heavily salted food at every meal, and you have a high BP, then yes, salted meet is not the best for you.
But if you have a normal BP now, a bit of salted Pig will not do you any harm.
It will improve your Culinary Life though.....
Everything in moderation is the key to a happy life. Only you decide though what 'moderation' means!
I spent time in the outback in the years that I lived in OZ. We used "Saltadex" tablets ( salt + dextrose sugar).
Bacon is happy food, mood bending, mood altering food.
I recommend bacon for most ills, even for cranky children.
Bacon over a camp fire is a celebration of all things wonderful.
I used to be able to buy bacon slabs smoked so much the fat was orange.
Cut and fry strips no less than 1/4" thick. Keep you busy for 1/2 a day.
The Jewish comfort food may well be chicken soup. The gentiles have bacon...
That would be the New York Jewish people?.
I think a Chulent is more comforting for our European Jewish friends...
Or a kugel?
(I have ancestry of a certain religion....)
I think it depends on the climate, plus economic status.
A casserole like that is 'poor mans food'.
Most European cultures have a one pot dish like that.
Chicken was a huge luxury in the pre WW2 days.
"Boiler" hen was eaten a couple of times a year. Or young Cock.
The Hens you only killed and cooked when they stopped laying. Needed cooking for ever. But incredibly tasty!
I think it depends on the climate, plus economic status.
A casserole like that is 'poor mans food'.
Most European cultures have a one pot dish like that.
Chicken was a huge luxury in the pre WW2 days.
"Boiler" hen was eaten a couple of times a year. Or young Cock.
The Hens you only killed and cooked when they stopped laying. Needed cooking for ever. But incredibly tasty!