Can salt be used to perserve raw meat in supermarkets instead of refrigeration ?!

Question: Dipping the meat in bed of salt would it affect it's taste. Would this method be more economical than using refrigerators ?

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Answers: Dipping the meat in bed of salt would it affect it's taste. Would this method be more economical than using refrigerators ?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-cured_...
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NO!!!! On the face of it you might say it would be cheaper but only if you ignored the horrendous number of heart attacks, strokes and other deaths it would cause!!!!!

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Before meat can be left at room temp it has to be salt cured. This entails alot more than just dipping it in salt. During the curing process it must be refrigerated.

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