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Time, salt, and smoke conspiring to make food immortal and meat irresistible.
means Preserving food — usually meat or fish — with salt, smoke, drying, or fermentation to stop spoilage and build flavor.
from From Latin cura, care — the same root as cure the illness; both mean tending something carefully until it turns out right.
Same wordHealing the sick shares roots with salting ham.
Water enemySalt draws out moisture bacteria need to thrive.
Ancient techEgyptians cured fish thousands of years before refrigerators.
Pink saltCuring nitrites keep meat red and botulism away.