... Everyone has to draw the line where they think it should be...
Couldn't have said it better Art.
I wasen't saying my method was better, But EVERYONE does it where I grew up. I am not some teenager who just started bottling meat on a whim and a first attempt. I have been hunting, preserving, drying and salting game for a long time. If I wasen't 100 % confident about what I was doing I wouldn't do it.
Maybe germs don't fester in the process due to the amount of salt and not the boiling time... I do use a lot of salt.
Salt would kill parasites would it not ?