You Don't Need Much To Cure Meat At Home

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You Don't Need Much To Cure Meat At Home By Maria Scinto Aug. 21, 2025 5:20 pm EST

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Cured meat always seems like it came straight from the food factory, complete with plastic packaging. Italian cold cuts , Spanish-style chorizo (as opposed to the uncured Mexican kind ), and bacon (even the uncured kind is cured) – not one of these seems like a DIY project. Still, what about all those hipster restaurants promising house-made charcuterie? Is this another marketing lie, or do they have some elaborate meat manufacturing setup back in the kitchen? Neither one need be true, since, surprisingly enough, you actually can cure meat at home without fancy equipment. K.C. Gulbro, proprietor of the Illinois eatery F