I buy mine at the local butcher shop.  His only request is that since I
am the only one ordering, that I buy the whole side.  So I buy a side of
nitrate nitrite free bacon and divide up among friends.  Comes to about
$1.50 a pound.
Trish


On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:43:03 -0500 Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> My unreliable recollection is that nitrite is converted to nitrate
> in
> the body, and nitrates are a known carcinogen (nitrate polluted
> drinking
> water from fertilizer run-off, for example). We occasionally buy
> nitrite-free bacon from one of those health-food supermarkets, such
> as
> Bread and Circus or Whole Foods. I think the curing is
> smoke-sugar-salt,
> without nitrite.
>
> Hilary McClure
> Danville, VT
>
> "S. B." wrote:
> >
> > Hi - I am very new to all of this, and reading through
> > the web pages it seems that one should eat
> > "nitrite-free" bacon. All of the brands of bacon in
> > the grocery store contained nitrite. Where do you find
> > the nitrite-free, and why is that important?
> > Thanks!
> > Susan
> >
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