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.
Pancetta is an Italian cured meat made from pork belly. Though pancetta is sometimes called Italian bacon, it has many differences from typical American bacon. Chief among these is that most American bacon is smoked. Italian bacon, on the other hand, is cured meat with salt and several sweet and savory spices. After curing occurs, the bacon is slowly dried.