Wiltshire cured bacon roger biography death

The story of bacon is set in the late s and early s when most of the important developments in bacon took place.

The Harris Bacon curing operation from Calne was one of the high points of British industrial ingenuity.

The plotline takes place in the s with each character referring to a real person and actual events. Modern people interact with old historical figures with all the historical and cultural bias that goes with this. The matter of Wiltshire curing has over the last few decades become especially important to the United Kingdom. It represents the height of converting nitrate to nitrite before the brine is administered to the meat.

In other words, the brine is fermented which allows for the conversion of nitrate to nitrite through bacteria in the liquid. The brine is retained and re-used multiple times, which now contains the nitrites which speedily cure the meat, while more saltpetre is added to ensure the pool of nitrite is replenished. Of course, the bacteria, as long as they have sufficient food, will continue to exist in the brine to do the conversion of the newly added nitrate to nitrite.

In the order of the letters I present here, the next few letters will deal with the invention of sodium nitrite brines which will around the world, except in England, in select curers, replace the Wiltshire system of curing. I thought it right to insert this revision I did on the Wiltshire system at this point. One of the most important British heritage bacon is Wiltshire bacon.

I divide this document into two parts. First, a historical consideration where I rely on my own research over many years and for the technical description of how Wiltshire bacon and ham is cured, I exclusively quote sections from the discussion document set out as part of the TSG registration process.

The Wiltshire curing process was in the first place a Danish invention that happened many years before the Harris brothers.

I reference several important chapters. Each chapter is coated in a story format where I write letters to my kids as I discover bacon curing and learn about life. I am sure this will frustrate many, but when I conceived the idea, I wanted a book that people would read from beginning to end.