scafool--great information..thats sort of what i thought but did not know the details..i just had to give my "salt pork" a rinse in warm water to get the salt taste down to the point where i just just get a taste of it..from what you posted i can see how these guys it the old "how to camp" books could keep this stuff around and not have it go bad..thanks---
by the way we can still get salt cod in wood boxs down here-