It is one of our Yuletide traditions in my family that I salt a ham for the feast. This year, due to anti-terrorist laws in UK I can't buy any saltpeter. This seems ridiculous to me. I believe it is because saltpeter is used in bomb making. You can, I believe, also make bombs using weed-killer which is freely available on the shelves of garden centres.

I don't want to make a bomb! I only want to salt my ham. My family will be very sad if I can't. Anyone know wherre I can obtain some saltpeter?

Love Lynne