Humans have been curing their meat as a way of preserving it long before fridges came into the picture. The Ancients were big fans of drying and salt curing, while later, Native Americans would ...

Combine the sugar and salts in a bowl to make a dry cure. Rub it into all sides of the meat. Combine the herbs and spices in another bowl, and then press them into the pork belly as well. 2.

Curing meat is why humans could stay put when there was nothing to grow, kill or steal. It is how conquerors and discoverers lasted while they traveled the world.

Dry-curing is how capicola is made, along with other meats like bresaola and culatello. It's a slower process that uses air drying instead of a salt brine to cure meat.

How to Cure & Dry Meats in Sons of the Forest To use your fancy new Drying Rack, simply walk over to it, look at one of the hooks, and press E when you’ve got raw meat in your inventory and you ...

I began curing for simple enough reasons. I like cured meats, but they’re expensive in Ann Arbor. I like cooking, and wanted to try something more advanced. I wanted to feel more Italian. I wanted to ...