[Sca-cooks] Preserved Foods

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Angharad wrote:
>  > Olwen wrote:
>  > >  >One - in the fall - will be for Preserved Foods.
>
>I would be interested in that Olwen.  Let me know when the time gets closer.

If you notice the number of "indents" or "quotes" or 
greater-than-signs, you'll  see that the competition message is from 
me, and the Fall Investiture contest for Preserved Foods will be in 
the Principality of the Mists, in the Kingdom of the West, a bit far 
from you, Angharad :-)

While foods were preserved in a variety of ways (and i haven't 
prepared very many of them, personally), they didn't do canning as we 
do now (i assume that's 19th century and came about with some change 
in technology - like the glass jars and canning lids) And many some 
change in knowledge (about boiling and sealing to keep out germs or 
at least to keep the food from decomposing).

What i made had salt and/or vinegar. I don't think any of them would 
have kept for greatly extended periods of time.

Anahita