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0 pointstomxor8y ago0 comments

As others have pointed out, it does look as though you've bought into the "meat propaganda"?... cant believe I just said that :P

To be fair I think many people have been unconsciously fed misinformation - for instance I somehow picked up the "processed food == mixed up non-specific animal parts" thing without ever looking into it or thinking much.

I'm interested.. can you remember where you picked up the botulism thing? did you live through that anti-nitrates era or do you think you might have picked it up from more modern forms echoed around the web?

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tptacek8y ago

No, I'm working from the Underground Meat Collective's Open Source HACCP plan. If you've ever visited Underground in Madison, you know they're not "meat propagandists" (well, not that kind of meat propagandist; they're definitely pro-meat). They worked with the University of Wisconsin to build a commercial-grade HACCP plan for their charcuterie program and then, unlike any commercial meat processor, publish it to the world.

You can look it up online --- in fact, you can use it as a HACCP plan for your own cured meat enterprise if you want, which is amazing --- and see where and why it requires nitrites.

I absolutely trust these people more than I trust a random British food writer who says hot dogs give people brain cancer.

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