Cured salmon
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Cured salmon and other fish recipes have been found in many cultures stretching from the people of early to modern Scandinavia
to the Native Americans
.
The process of curing
meat has been around for a significant amount of time as it has been used as a way to preserve meat from spoiling. The process usually involves an abundance of salt or sugar even sometimes both. A dry rub is mixed together using salt
/sugar
and an assortment of desired herbs. This is rubbed onto the surface of the meat, which is then put aside for a number of hours or days. The salt/sugar "cooks" the meat by drawing a large amount of liquid
out and replacing it with salt/sugar mixture. At the end of the process the result is cured meat.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
to the Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
.
The process of curing
Curing (food preservation)
Curing refers to various food preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of salt, nitrates, nitrite or sugar. Many curing processes also involve smoking, the process of flavoring, or cooking...
meat has been around for a significant amount of time as it has been used as a way to preserve meat from spoiling. The process usually involves an abundance of salt or sugar even sometimes both. A dry rub is mixed together using salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
/sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
and an assortment of desired herbs. This is rubbed onto the surface of the meat, which is then put aside for a number of hours or days. The salt/sugar "cooks" the meat by drawing a large amount of liquid
Liquid
Liquid is one of the three classical states of matter . Like a gas, a liquid is able to flow and take the shape of a container. Some liquids resist compression, while others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, and maintains a fairly...
out and replacing it with salt/sugar mixture. At the end of the process the result is cured meat.
See also
- Lox
- GravlaxGravlaxGravlax or gravad lax , gravet laks , gravlaks , graavilohi , graavilõhe , graflax is a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill...
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