Dehydrated Survival: The Osmotic Physics of Meat Curing

Before refrigeration, humanity survived the winter through a brutal, microscopic manipulation of cellular physics: curing meat with raw salt. It is often misunderstood as simply "e;flavoring"e; the meat. In reality, curing is the calculated, forced dehydration of organic tissue through the power of osmosis. When raw meat is buried in a heavy crust of salt, a violent pressure differential is crea...