From among European countries, only Latvia and Estonia broadly financed the education of national minorities in their native language from the state budget. After World War II, as a result of the policy pursued by the Soviet Union, approximately 1.5 million people from various regions of the Soviet Union arrived voluntarily or were forcibly moved to Latvia.
curing of meat. Â© A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. curing of meat A method of preservation by treating with salt and sodium nitrate (and nitrite), which serves to inhibit the growth of pathogenic organisms while saltâtolerant bacteria develop.
Salted dried fish sold on a Hong Kong street. Salt-cured meat or salted meat, for example bacon and kippered herring, is meat or fish preserved or cured with salt. Salting, either with dry salt or brine, was a common method of preserving meat until the 19th century.It was frequently called junk or salt horse.Salt inhibits the growth of microorganisms by drawing water out of microbial cells through osmosis.alting, either with dry salt or brine, was a common method of preserving meat until the 19th century. It was frequently called junk or salt horse. Salt inhibits the growth of microorganisms by drawing water out of microbial cells through osmosis.