The food thread

[jacco vermeulen]

You should have a go at schmalz on whole grain, down south in Germany.

(each to their own)

[scott wurcer]

Originally Posted by Cal Weldon

Yes, that's a Federal regulation in your country. If the addition of nitrates is from natural sources they can say, 'no added nitrates' and call it 'uncured'. Both of which are incorrect. It is another example of how wrong things can go if left to the devices of those not well versed. It allows for an 'uncured' product to have a higher sodium nitrate count than one that is labeled as 'cured'.

Curing is just a form of food preservation. Salting was one of the first known to the caucasian Europeans, just like smoking and drying to the North American aboriginals. They are all forms of curing. The Trader Joe label is a result of the wrong road being taken to make the public believe they are being offered a healthier option, nothing more than a marketing gimmick.

Check also for the tell tale celery seed, another way for the stealth addition of nitrates.

[scott wurcer]

Originally Posted by jacco vermeulen

You should have a go at schmalz on whole grain, down south in Germany.

(each to their own)

Goose I hope, offered to us at every breakfast.

[Cal Weldon]

Originally Posted by scott wurcer

Check also for the tell tale celery seed, another way for the stealth addition of nitrates.

Originally Posted by Cal Weldon

It allows for an 'uncured' product to have a higher sodium nitrate count than one that is labeled as 'cured'.

We're on the same page Scott.

[jacco vermeulen]

Originally Posted by scott wurcer

Goose I hope, offered to us at every breakfast.

Pig

(I could live with goose schmalTz every day, use several pints of graisse d'oie a year for cooking)

[cliffforrest]

Roast potatoes in goose fat!

Delia's best.

[nezbleu]

At our local farmer's market (Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market) there is a Bavarian butcher. They make excellent sausages, and they sell a "nitrite-free double-smoked bacon" which is excellent. I can't speak to the presence of nitrites, nor how much nitrate might be in the bacon, but it tastes great!

[jackinnj]

This was actually quite good pizza -- the truck with a wood burning oven pulled up to the driveway:

[Cal Weldon]

Originally Posted by nezbleu

"nitrite-free double-smoked bacon"

Perhaps they are nitrite free but not nitrate free. Your body will do the rest converting them to nitrites.

[regiregi22]

Hey, get that, a near 1 meter construction.

It's a tipical spanish one, it has pork loin, fried green peppers, slices of fresh tomato, slices of jamon serrano, french ommelette and, on top of that, a big chunk of ali-oli (garlic mayonnaise).

Enjoy it, I did!