Is soaking bacon for a few hours done in the fridge or out on the counter ?
(thinking bacteria here) I dunno, maybe the nitrates prohibit bacteria
growth......

OT: Uh.....nitrates, got this problem in my fish tank, lol.....do you know
it's in your tap water also? In mine, the tap reads 10-15 parts per million.
When you think about it, kinda gross, Ammonia ( urine)
breaks down to nitrites and nitrites break down to nitrates and that's
what's in YOUR BACON, ewwwww


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"poohbear" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 08:39:32 -0500, poohbear wrote:
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This is an excellent question. As I had said at the outset, I recalled
originally reading about the soaking suggestion on the NG a while back.
It would seem that to answer this question, we would need to determine
if nitrates are water soluable.
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Nitrates are water soluble (I have had four years of chemistry-- this
one is a no-brainer).

Thanks, Beowolf!