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vinegar (when pickling), salt . . .
meat - cheese
Pork and Fish
Examples: salt (sodium chloride), vinegar, sugar.
To preserve something, or to change it so that it may be preserved.
Curing meat involves soaking it for a period of time depending on the amount of meat, in a salt/sugar mixture. Depending on the meat you may have another addition, like lemon or lime for fish or a special salt to preserve the colour of beef. Curing was used to preserve meat before the days of refrigeration.
High sugar, salt or acid content creates a hostile environment for fungi and bacteria. Candying, salt curing and pickling are methods commonly used to preserve food.
water can not preserve food it attracts mold
Please study your text book. There are many methods or curing , or preserving, food.
Curing isn't so much cooking as it is preserving. When food is cured it is usually packed in salt, sugar or a combination. Usually spices are included for flavor. The curing preserves the food.
To salt, dry or preserve. Curing was developed as a means of preventing the spoilage of food so that it could be stored for extended periods. It basically consists of methods that remove the moisture from the food so that bacteria cannot live in or on it. Nowadays, refrigeration and radiation are more often used to inhibit the growth of bacteria, but some forms of curing can still be found, particularly smoking, which is often used with pork and fish to produce a unique flavor that regular cooking cannot.
On meat, salt can preserve food.