home-cured

5.8

Food made and kept at home by salting, smoking, or drying

adjective
/hoʊm kɜrd/

: curado en casa

There was fried quail, home-cured pork, sausage, bacon, and country ham so salty you drank a gallon of sweet milk to get over it.
home-cured ham
home-cured pork

Examples

Home-cured ham has a rich flavor that makes it a favorite during holiday meals.
I love making home-cured bacon because it tastes so much fresher than store-bought.
He shared his recipe for home-cured fish, which is much tastier than any I've had before.

Synonyms

salt-cured

vshome-cured

1 3.8

Made with salt so meat or fish do not go bad

is performed in private kitchens rather than commercial plants

cured

vshome-cured

3.2

Food preserved with salt, smoke, or drying

is done by households rather than commercial producers

salted

vshome-cured

1.0

Food preserved with salt so it lasts longer

is carried out by individuals rather than industrial makers

brine-cured

vshome-cured

6.7

Meat or other food is soaked in salty water to keep it from spoiling

is produced in private kitchens instead of commercial factories

smoke-cured

vshome-cured

Specialized

4.9

Meat or fish preserved and given a smoky taste by drying in smoke

is carried out by households rather than by commercial smokehouses

Surface Forms

home-cured positive

Morphology

home-cured = home-cure (transparent) = home + cure + ed

The word 'home-cured' is transparently derived from 'home' and 'cure', with the suffix '-ed' indicating a past participle or adjective form.

Etymology

The word home-cured comes from the parts home and cured, where home means 'at home' and cured means 'to preserve'. Curing is like using salt or smoke to keep meat safe to eat, so home-cured means food that is preserved or prepared at home rather than made in a shop or factory.