Thanks for the info, Shar. What I find interesting is that it is now hard to find foods with nitrates in them but there are lots with nitrites. And the author of the plan I follow (TSP) only says to avoid nitrates. I just wish they would be more specific.

As soon as she gets her BBS up, I'm going to post this question and a few others to see what she has to say.

;-Deb