After the kielbasa was properly cured, Anulka would apportion it sparingly, a little piece here, another when the children were good.

Or summer ingredients-arugula, say, or sun-dried tomatoes-for the hams, because a properly cured ham needs some time and you wouldn't touch one before then.

The tree produces a hard, durable, heavy wood that, when properly cured, is durable and resistant to rot and insects.

DuPont says there should be no measurable amount on a finished pan provided it has been properly cured.

The buzzards strutted, preened, and quarreled over dinner; it was not yet properly cured.

A solid waste form, called pondcrete, was found not to have cured properly and was leaking from containers.

Hay was best when properly cured, but naturally the ignorant Mundanes didn't know that, and this was better than nothing.

"In what sense are they not properly cured?"

However, it can lose strength with heat or time (conversion), especially when not properly cured.

Fresh caviar, when properly cured and then shipped under refrigeration and stored at about 29 degrees Fahrenheit, has a shelf life of about 18 months.