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.
Noun. 1. meat-the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. solid food, food-any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; food and drink. stew meat-tough meat that needs stewing to be edible.