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  • Anatomy of the pig
  • Bacon and the art of living
    • Chapter 1: Once upon a time in Cape Town
    • Chapter 2: Seeds of War
    • Chapter 3: The Greatest Adventure
    • Chapter 4: The Bacon Company
    • Chapter 5.0: The Denmark Letters
      • 03. Lauren learns the nitrogen cycle
      • 04. The micro letter
      • 05. The salt of the earth
      • 06. The salt of the sea
      • 07: The salt of meat
      • 08: Ice Cold in Africa (1)
      • 09: Ice Cold Revolution
      • 10: Ice cold bacon
      • 11: David Graaff’s Armour
      • 12: The mother brine
    • Chapter 5.1 Dr. Ed Polenske
    • Chapter 5.2 The saltpeter letter
    • Part 2: The UK letters
      • 01: The history of curing
      • 02: Nitrogen chemistry en route to Cape Town
  • Big Yellow Bacon Man
  • Eben interviews food people
    • 01. The Woodhead-Graaff hike
    • 02: Eben meets Sir David
    • 03: Searching for Combrinck & Co
    • 04: The gifts of a gentleman, Sir John Woodhead
    • 05. C & T Harris and their Wiltshire bacon cure – the blending of a legend
    • 06: Eben interviews David Donde
    • Kathmandu’s Urban Food
    • Seekombuis – visiting with Neels and Attie
    • Where life stands still and flavours abound – observing life at the Mardi Himal Eco Village, Kalamati, in Nepal.
  • Mechanisms of Meat Curing
    • Fathers of Meat Curing
    • Mechanisms of meat curing – The historical progression from Hoagland in 1914 to Pegg and Shahidi in 2000
    • Mechanisms of meat curing – the important nitrogen compounds
    • Reaction Sequence: From nitrite (NO2-) to nitric oxide (NO) and the cooked cured colour.
    • xResearch notes – nitrosating agents
  • Microbiology
    • Carcass Sanatising
    • Listeria Monocytogenes: Its discovery and naming
    • Listeria Monocytogenes: Understanding the enemy and plotting the defenses
  • My memories
    • Gert Koen’s Memories
    • My memories of our bacon company
    • Stocks Meat Market
    • The Anglo-Boer War and Bacon: Old enemies become friends
  • Nitrate and Nitrite – their history and functionality
    • 01. Concerning the direct addition of nitrite to curing brine
    • 02. Concerning Chemical Synthesis and Food Additives
    • 03. Clostridium Botulinum – the priority organism
    • 04. Concerning Nitrate and Nitrite’s antimicrobial efficacy – chronology of scientific inquiry
    • 05. Concerning Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER and the invention of the blend that became known as Prague Salt.
    • 06: Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER vs The Griffith Laboratories
    • 07. The Life and Times of Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER – The Codex Alimentarius Austriacus
    • 08. The Naming of Prague Salt
    • 09. Regulations of Nitrate and Nitrite post-1920’s: the problem of residual nitrite.
  • Pic’s history of meat processing
  • The Fascinating History and Use of Ascorbate
    • Concerning the Discovery of Ascorbate
    • Erythorbate
    • Regulations of Nitrate and Nitrite post-1920’s: the problem of residual nitrite and the introduction of ascorbate
  • The Future of Food Processing
    • Nitrite Free Bacon: Barriers against clostridium botulinum
    • Restructuring of whole muscle meat with Microbial Transglutaminase – a holistic and collaborative approach.
      • Curing Brine and Microbial Transglutaminase (MTG) – designing the optimal blend
      • Microbial Transglutaminase system: Applications and Clever Ideas
  • The History of Bacon, Ingredients and related technologies
    • Bacon Curing – a historical review
    • Dr. Morgan’s Arterial Injection: The Australian Connection
    • Gelatin
    • Joshua Penny and Khoikhoi Fermentation Technology at the Cape of Good Hope
      • Honey – powerful preserving and healing power (Fascinating Insights from Arabia)
      • Honey in cured meat formulations
    • Saltpeter, Horse Sweat and Biltong: The origins of our national food.
    • Saltpeter: A Concise History and the Discovery of Dr. Ed Polenske
    • The nitrogen cycle and meat curing
  • The Master Butcher from Prague, Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER
    • 1. Eva’s Beloved Dad
    • 2. Concerning Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER and the invention of the blend that became known as Prague Salt
    • 3. Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER vs The Griffith Laboratories
    • 4. The Life and Times of Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER – The Codex Alimentarius Austriacus
  • The Prehistory of Food
    • 01. How did Ancient Humans Preserve Food?
  • The Salt Bridge
    • 1. Salt – 7000 years of meat-curing
    • 2. Nitrate salt’s epic journey: From Turfan in China, through Nepal to North India
    • 3. And then the mummies spoke!
    • 4. The Sal Ammoniac Project
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HomeThe Salt Bridge

The Salt Bridge

A butchers story.  The remarkable story of salt.  It forms a bridge to our past and unites our cultures.

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SALT – 7000 years of meat curing

Nitrate Salts Epic Journey:  From Turfan in China, through Nepal to North India

And then the mummies spoke!

The Sal Ammoniac Project

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  • Honey – powerful preserving and healing power (Fascinating Insights from Arabia) May 18, 2018
  • How did Ancient Humans Preserve Food? April 18, 2018
  • Carcass Sanatising March 22, 2018
  • Honey in cured meat formulations March 18, 2018
  • Joshua Penny and Khoikhoi Fermentation Technology at the Cape of Good Hope March 6, 2018
  • Erythorbate February 9, 2018
  • The Sal Ammoniac Project February 5, 2018
  • Listeria Monocytogenes: Understanding the enemy and plotting the defenses January 7, 2018
  • Listeria Monocytogenes: Its discovery and naming December 17, 2017
  • And then the mummies spoke! December 9, 2017
  • Restructuring of whole muscle meat with Microbial Transglutaminase – a holistic and collaborative approach. December 2, 2017
  • Bacon Curing – a historical review November 26, 2017
  • Nitrate salt’s epic journey: From Turfan in China, through Nepal to North India November 26, 2017
  • Kathmandu’s Urban Food October 13, 2017
  • Where life stands still and flavours abound – observing life at the Mardi Himal Eco Village, Kalamati, in Nepal. October 13, 2017
  • Kathmandu’s Urban Food September 28, 2017
  • Regulations of Nitrate and Nitrite post-1920:  the problem of residual nitrite September 2, 2017
  • Saltpeter, Horse Sweat and Biltong: The origins of South Africa’s national food September 2, 2017
  • Saltpeter, Horse Sweat and Biltong: The origins of our national food. August 11, 2017
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  • Bacon & the art of living: Chapter 5.1 Dr. Ed Polenske February 5, 2017
  • Saltpeter: A Concise History and the Discovery of Dr. Ed Polenske January 15, 2017
  • Saltpeter: A Concise History and the Discovery of Dr. Ed Polenski October 9, 2016
  • Mechanism of meat curing – the wonder of nitrogen September 4, 2016
  • Mechanisms of Meat Curing – From Hoagland in 1914 to Pegg and Shahidi in 2000 August 14, 2016
  • Bacon Curing – a historical review July 10, 2016
  • Bacon Curing – a historical review May 30, 2016
  • Fathers of modern meat curing May 27, 2016
  • The Naming of Prague Salt May 11, 2016
  • Eva’s Beloved Dad January 28, 2016
  • Concerning the Discovery of Ascorbate December 26, 2015
  • The Fascinating History and Use of Ascorbate December 26, 2015
  • 7. The Life and Times of Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER – The Codex Alimentarius Austriacus November 1, 2015
  • 6: Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER vs The Griffith Laboratorie September 27, 2015
  • Eben interviews David Donde September 19, 2015
  • 02: Nitrogen chemistry en route to Cape Town August 16, 2015
  • 5. Concerning Ladislav NACHMÜLLNER and the invention of the blend that became known as Prague Salt. June 28, 2015
  • 1. C & T Harris and their Wiltshire bacon cure – the blending of a legend May 23, 2015
  • Concerning Nitrate and Nitrite’s antimicrobial efficacy – chronology of scientific inquiry May 7, 2015

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