http://www.ehow.com/how_2123649_preserve-food-saltcuring.html
I did find out you can salt veggies too.<<<<<
Check out the Morton Salt google link that I sent, for it appears to still be the #1 salt curing book.
There are many methods of keeping foods, LOL, some scare me, as it does not make sense to me to let something age and sour and call it good...like Sauerkraut.