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RE: Saving Your FALL MEAT HARVEST ON THE HOMESTEAD! - The Old Fashioned Way....Naturally!

Its the salt and the natural nitrates. The bugs and bacteria don't like the salt. Plus historically this is done in winter so no bugs anyway. The celery powder in the recipe is a natural nitrate which will kill bacteria as well. People have been doing it that way for 5000 years....how they learned, I have no clue.

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oh..
seems reasonable.
like I said...I always wondered why if it was bad for bacteria it was good for us.
now I know.
thanks.