salt peter and bowel loosener

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is salt peter ok when curing ham or just salt ??? not sure what it is exactly

but a chef friend mentioned it to me

also I know magnesium can loosen BM's but what food can (that also doesn't

feed yeast)just need a bit not a laxative affect LOL

thanks

eileen 2 years 3 months

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Hey,from the wiki article on saltpetre: " in the process of food preservation, potassium nitrate has been a common

ingredient of salted meat since the Middle

Ages,[6]

but its use has been mostly discontinued due to inconsistent results compared to more modern nitrate and nitrite compounds. Even so, saltpetre is still used in some food applications, such as charcuterie

and the brine used to make corned

beef.[7]

Sodium nitrate (and nitrite) have mostly supplanted potassium nitrate's culinary usage, as they are more reliable in preventing bacterial infection than saltpetre. All three give cured salami and

corned beef their characteristic pink hue. " From the wiki article on sausages: " Old recipes recommending the use of saltpetre are not recommended. The primary reason is that often these old recipes contain many times more curing ingredients than are appropriate. Modern techniques are readily available and do a much better job. " please take a look at the long email I just wrote on the thread entitled " More questions! " started April 16th (wish I knew how to link it here) about nitrites/nitrates and curing meats.

In that thread, also, Marilyn suggests for some types of sausage curing to leave out nitrites/nitrates and just use salts. I don't know when you can/cannot do that. I would avoid saltpetre like the plague.

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is salt peter ok when curing ham or just salt ??? not sure what it is exactly but a chef friend mentioned it to me

also I know magnesium can loosen BM's but what food can (that also doesn't feed yeast)just need a bit not a laxative affect LOL

thanks

eileen 2 years 3 months

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thanks!! will look back

eileen

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