The World Health Organisation

At last an official body saying No to preserved meats.
The World Health Organisation is at last telling us what we already know – that preserved meats are cancer causing.

This includes bacon because of the sodium nitrates.  Shame.

The point the W.H.O are making is that children consume a lot of preserved meats and that they are developing a habit of eating these meats that will be with them into adult-hood and then if they continue they may get bowel cancer.

As a child the only cold meat we ate was the left-overs from the sunday joint.  I am adopting the habit again, we have cold chicken or beef from joints I have cooked for sandwiches.  But ham and bacon will be missed.  So I am going to search the internet to make my own.  Surely a joint of pork in a strong sea salt and water solution will do the trick?  But I don’t want to eat gone-off meat so it needs researching.

I’ll let you know how I get on!