Drying and freezing them is the way to go. Don't have to be cured. A couple of days in front of a fan should do the trick so can crunch them up into a course power and then freeze them for 1/2 day. That helps the slow cook seperate the good stuff from the useless. Then it's butter city! May not help much but it's been successful for me.

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