Kinda what I thought...we do ours w/o the nitrites up here. Our hams really turn people off due to the lack of the right "colour" in fact...healthier just not prettier. > Basically it is usually salt, sodium nitrite (6.25%), FD&C red #3 > (0.00099%) with not more than 1% sodium carbonate added to prevent > caking > >> cure #1 --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---