Salting (food)
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Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt. It is related to pickling in general and more specifically to brining,, and is one form of curing. It is one of the oldest methods of preservi
Sea salt being added to raw ham to make prosciutto
Bag of Prague powder #1, also known as "curing salt" or "pink salt." It is typically a combination of salt and sodium nitrite, with the pink color added to distinguish it from ordinary salt.
Various salted fish sold in a marketplace in a suburb of Jakarta, Indonesia
Corned beef
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Corned beef is a salt-cured piece of beef. The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained rock salt, also called "corns" of salt. Sometimes, sugar and spices are added to corned beef
Cooked corned beef
An 1898 illustration of a tin of corned beef produced by Libby's
A corned beef sandwich served in a diner
Label of a can of corned beef produced in Uruguay