Thanks for your welcome and reply Redzed. There was no call for additional salt, which I also thought unusual. What you said about European curing salts being 0.6% would make this recipe sound much more reasonable. The book is a European book, but clearly states approx. 6 % nitrite and even goes on ...

Possible misprint in ham recipe, is it safe to eat? Hi all, I'm somewhat new to ham making so am still experimenting with different recipes, seeing what effects different ingredients have on things. I came across the a recipe in a fairly recently published cookbook about traditional cooking skills w...