Curing (food preservation)

nitrate is used in the manufacture of gunpowder ... It is also used in curing meats; it prevents putrefaction and produces the deep red color familiar

Charlotte Snyder Turgeon, The new Larousse gastronomique: the encyclopedia of food, wine & cookery, 1977, p. 334 Fresh Meat for Steak Tartar. Streetdirectory

论 编 肉类食物 食材獵物 加工方法 燒 烤 燒烤 炙烤 饢坑 肉類熟成（英语：Hanging (meat)） 乾醃（英语：Curing (food preservation)） 油煎 醃泡 醃 水煮 燻 炸 乾炒 炆 炒 滷 涮 汆 燉煮 烹 蒸 肉类制品 培根 火腿 預製熟食（英语：Charcuterie）

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