Talk:Curing (food preservation)

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Contents 1 Nasopharyngeal cancer 2 In General 3 Sweetcure 4 Is cured meat precooked? Must it ever be cooked before consumption, for safety? 5 Lactobacilli resistant to osmosis? 6 Health effects 7 Fermentation

[edit] Nasopharyngeal cancer

The comment about salt cured meat being assosiated with nasopharyngeal cancer needs to be referenced. Looked it up, doesn't seem to be anything on it. May I suggest removing the comment? 60.242.64.202 13:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In General

No offense intended to the author, but the article is poorly written and amateurish in general much to its detriment. Also there are basically no references. I would suggest that a biochemist take a look and rewrite most of this article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.65.67.71 (talk) 18:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

I'm not the author but I have a response. If you know a biochemist, please ask them to rewrite this article. If you don't know one and think the article could be improved, then either improve it or let it pass. Telling people the article is badly written serves no constructive purpose. If someone is going to edit this page it's because they want to, not because you write a comment about it 67.170.68.116 22:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sweetcure

I just had a BLT made with "Honey Sweetcured Bacon" - excellent!

[edit] Is cured meat precooked? Must it ever be cooked before consumption, for safety?

The article is ambiguous on this point, and it's an important question, since curing is itself related to food safety issues.

Also, in what cases is refrigeration necessary (if ever)? The article suggests that cured meats need not be refrigerated. --Parsiferon 03:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lactobacilli resistant to osmosis?

Does anybody know why the "good guys" described in the article do not fall prey to the high salt content? Does it not result in osmosis with them? I skimmed through the linked article but found no answer at first glance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.160.97.229 (talk) 04:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Health effects

A section with this name would be good. See here to see why... Malick78 (talk) 18:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fermentation

The article claims that the bacteria consumes the sugar, and therefore this is a process of fermentation. The Wiki article on fermentation, of course, defines it is -yeast- consuming sugar and producing alcohol.