SC - camping without a cooler
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sat Apr 4 06:05:31 PST 1998
> >But don't many of the things that get preserved have to be canned or
> contained
> >in some manner which is also out of period? I imagine pickled meat and
> other
> >things must be sealed into a jar or some-such?
>
> No. Pickled things are preserved by the salt and/or vinegar, not by being
> sterilized and kept airtight like modern canned things. We normally keep
> the pickled meat in a ceramic container with a ceramic lid--period
> technology.
>
>
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
>
Sauerbraten is traditionally prepared in a stoneware crock. I sometimes
wonder how old the practice is. I'm fairly certain it is at least medieval
and possibly earlier.
Bear
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