Making dry sausages involves curing salts, which incorporate sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate. I bought some pink salt at Academy but i'm sure any cure for dry sausage is one of the above. Now if you are going to cook the meat you can just use salt. I friend of mine cures hams & bacon in box of salt knowing they will cook the meat later. http://www.deejayssmokepit.net/Cureornot.htm