Describing the venerated former chairman’s remains as a salt-cured meat product has been deemed disrespectful by China’s censorship apparatus, making 毛腊肉 (Máo làròu) a blocked search ...

“Curing is the addition of salt to a product to change the chemical properties in a way that preserves it,” says Moskowitz.

Today, the summer sausage is known as a cured meat that came about in Europe before they had any type of refrigeration. Europeans created different techniques that preserved sausages, so they ...

Other types, such as salami and chorizo, contain raw meat that has been cured. These will last a long time and can eaten uncooked. Lastly, some sausages are cooked and are eaten cold, such as ...

Ribnica, a small town in southeast Slovenia, where David Lesar produces cured and fermented meats. We start with kožnica – a pork sausage made from Slovenia’s native Krškopolje breed ...