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Cooking & Baking

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13. Nitrate free options.

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:41 PM

Oct 29

There are several good nitrate-free deli offerings. They are a bit pricier, but one can always cut back a bit. To me, it's worth it.

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Why are you still eating bacon, ham and sausages? [View all] littlemissmartypants Oct 29 OP

Feel free to crosspost in the Lounge justaprogressive Oct 29 #1

Preservatives to kill bacteria to fatten their wallets, bucolic_frolic Oct 29 #3

Could always buy uncured but its expensive Historic NY Oct 29 #4

Because they taste good? Justice Brandeis Oct 29 #5

That's my answer too. FoxNewsSucks Oct 29 #8

Haven't eaten pork or beef in 25 years. Ritabert Oct 29 #6

If we stop eating them, will we live forever? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 29 #7

We eat JustAnotherGen Oct 29 #9

Local farmers. legallyblondeNYC Oct 29 #11

probably lunchmeats too... FirstLight Oct 29 #12

Nitrate free options. legallyblondeNYC Oct 29 #13

I don't. I make my own with seitan or tempeh... buzzycrumbhunger Oct 29 #14

I live in Germany Old Crank Oct 29 #15