DebPenny--

Thank you! My motto is the quotation in my signature. This means that we have to be continually on guard against "knowing" things just because we've heard them so many times. Too many of those things turn out to have no basis in fact. We of all people should realize that.

I don't know if nitrates/nitrites are good or neutral. But let's not assume they are bad just because we've been told that X number of times. On that basis, we'd still be eating fat-free cheese and no meat.

Thanks again!

Sheldon