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In Europe, Italian processing predominates, with well-known dry cured meats such as Parma ham and Vallée d'Aoste Jambon de Bosses, the Speck Alto Adige brand, and so on. Annual production of Parma ham, for example, represents between 9 and 10 million pieces a year, [ 28 ] compared with 4,000 pieces of Jambon des Ardennes.
Curing can be traced back to antiquity, and was the primary method of preserving meat and fish until the late 19th century. Dehydration was the earliest form of food curing. [1] Many curing processes also involve smoking, spicing, cooking, or the addition of combinations of sugar, nitrate, and nitrite. [1] Slices of beef in a can
The first record of the commercial sale of cured "Smithfield Ham" is a receipt to Ellerston and John Perot on the Dutch Caribbean Island of St Eustatius, dating from 1779. [1] The Isle of Wight County Museum holds P.D. Gwaltney Jr.'s "pet ham". It is thought to be the world's oldest ham, having been cured in 1902.
Prague powder #1 contains 6.25% sodium nitrite and 93.75% sodium chloride and is used for the preparation of all cured meats and sausages other than the dry type. [9] Prague powder #2 contains 1 ounce of sodium nitrite (6.25%) and 0.64 ounces sodium nitrate (4.0%) per pound of finished product (the remaining 14.36 ounces is sodium chloride) and ...
Burgers’ Smokehouse is a smokehouse and producer of cured and smoked meats and other foods in California, Missouri.It is one of the largest processors of naturally cured hams in the U.S. [1] The company's packaging says "Home of Hickory Smoked, Sugar Cured Meats since 1927".
Country hams are salt-cured (with or without nitrites) for one to three months. They are usually hardwood smoked (usually hickory and red oak), but some types of country ham, such as the "salt-and-pepper ham" of North Carolina, are not smoked. Missouri country hams traditionally incorporate brown sugar in their cure mix and are known to be ...
The Wiltshire cure is a traditional English technique for curing bacon and ham. The technique originated in the 18th century in Calne, Wiltshire; it was developed by the Harris family. [1] Originally it was a dry cure method that involved applying salt to the meat for 10–14 days. [2] Storing the meat in cold rooms meant that less salt was ...
Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing is a 2005 book by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn about using the process of charcuterie to cure various meats, including bacon, pastrami, and sausage. The book received extremely positive reviews from numerous food critics and newspapers, causing national attention to be brought to the ...