We don't buy chicken at the supermarket. Our parents raise chickens. Fake supermarket parmesan? Probably. Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, not really. "The only addit

We don't buy chicken at the supermarket. Our parents raise chickens. Fake supermarket parmesan? Probably. Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, not really. "The only additive allowed is salt, which the cheese absorbs while being submerged for 20 days in brine tanks saturated to near-total salinity with Mediterranean sea salt." > Moreover bacon contains nitrates and nitrites, which is known to cause cancer, unlike msg We don't buy bacon treated with nitrates and nitrites. That's 95% of supermarket bacon. We mostly end up buying prosciutto, which is just dried, salted and nitrate free or use home made bacon, which is basically 100% pork fat in my country. The Italians also make it, it's called lardo and it's cured with herbs. We only cure it with salt and smoke it. I'm not much of a fan of 100% pork fat or lard, but it does make good fries.