Hi St 1. I have given you a long reply under the other post thread about scents. Let me know what you think of it. - As for the sodium nitrate, give it another try on some eggs that are cured up easy (less than instructions call for) and using a high food grade quality nitrate in very light amounts. It works well when they are in a different level of sodium mood. Let me know how you used it when it wasn't effective. I'll e-mail ya. - RT