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Cure#1 vs Saltpetre?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:17 pm
by ped
Possibly a question directed more towards our Brit contingent??, to those that would know (probably the older of us!) does bacon taste better having been cured with cure#1 or the old fashioned saltpetre?

Re: Cure#1 vs Saltpetre?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:05 am
by wheels
Some would say so.

I don't use it very often and think that quality of meat, and maturing after curing, have a greater effect. For some reason I always use it when making smoked bacon: don't ask me why - I just do.

Phil