Curing & Smoking: River Cottage Handbook No.13

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Of the hard learned wisdom I've picked up over the past 10+ years, there were no major tips I found missing or suggestions which I strongly disagreed with. That said, the recipes are easy to follow (kudos for adding pictures), and Ruhlman and Polcyn's passion for charcuterie is obvious and infectious. Come on down to Bray Cured HQ and enjoy a morning curing class with our team, followed by a delicious lunch of cured meats. One of the owners said they lose 2-3% a year, which comes down to how the master salter applies the salt, not giving it enough, or many other subtle factors.

The River Cottage ethos is all about knowing the whole story behind what you put on the table; and as Steven Lamb explains in this thorough, accessible guide, the key ingredient is milk. It is all about contrasting recipes and flavors, inspirational when looking at a range of international flavors, and turning every page gives you another idea.Everything you need to know to create your own delicious smoked, dried, and cured meats and fish at home, from using traditional techniques. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but Ruhlman states that they've been developed with the home chef in mind and most of them look manageable. Chou also stated that the "intellectual cook will delight in reading and, perhaps, 'cooking' from this book.

Overall, the book provides a new way that oral histories can be used to understand LGBTQ medical histories. Charcuterie —a culinary specialty that originally referred to the creation of pork products such as salami, sausages, and prosciutto—is true food craftsmanship, the art of turning preserved food into items of beauty and taste. So I found out some assumed medicine, but "using" it as described in the bed, it's used up as crafting material for something else. Talks about cured fish, dry curing all types of meat, building several types of smokehouses for cold smoking fresh fish, meat, wild game, and fowl.The section on Methods is helpful since it details a variety of methods such as dry curing, wet curing, fermenting, and smoking. Curing Their Ills brings refreshing concreteness and dynamism to the discussion of European attitudes toward their others, as it traces the shifts and variations in medical discourse on African illness.