Cure it

Should home cooks try making their own pancetta and prosciutto? If you'd asked me this a few weeks ago — when I hadn't yet read "Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing" — I would have offered a three-word answer: "Are you crazy?"
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Should home cooks try making their own pancetta and prosciutto? If you'd asked me this a few weeks ago — when I hadn't yet read "Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing" — I would have offered a three-word answer: "Are you crazy?"

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