Today I saw an ad on tv for Hormel Natural food products. They were serving pre-sliced ham, and ‘there are no preservatives!’ Um, isn’t the whole POINT of making ham to preserve the pork? What is the salt, if not a preservative?

Now, I’m the sort of guy who likes a big salty country ham. And it worries me somewhat that folks are more concerned about the preservatives in their preserved meat than, I don’t know, where the actual meat is coming from and how it was raised annd processed.