If you soak bacon and procuitto, (sp?) I would imagine the nitrate and nitrite will leech out as it is in a salt form. An hour should do. Pat out excess water and cook as usual. Or raw if you are a raw foodist. I'm not. Oliva ----- Original Message ----- From: "DS" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [P-F] paleo foods > i just noticed your email address.. paleobabe. hahaahah. > > thanks for the tip. ill just assume cold cuts are processed? > > i know little about food (and I know that is a silly question) but I'm learning a lot from this list and cordain's books. > > Paleogal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DS" > smoked fish and cold cuts > I was considering trimming the fat but then I began to realize that these > may not be paleo at all... > > Stay away from all processed food. The salt, sugar, *nitrates and *nitrites > are hideous. *Carcinogenic as well.... Oliva > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com