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you could say that people discovered it in ancient Egypt where they used to preserve bodies using salt. over time people have used that method food to but nowadays people just use freezers and fridges!
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y ago"Preserved meats" include any tinned (canned) meats, choritzo, pepperoni, salami (and any other cured "sausage" meats), beef jerky, smoked salmon and other smoked fish, and also types of fish preserved in brine (mackerel etc...).
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∙ 12y agoMeat can be preserved by drying. This can be done by evaporation if the liquid inside the meat. Continuous evaporation and weight losses during drying cause changes of the shape of the meat through shrinkage. The meat pieces become smaller, thinner and to some degree wrinkled and darker in colour. The texture also changes from soft to firm to hard.
Meat can be preserved by salting. This keeps the moisture inside the salt. Keeping the meats taste and moisture without getting the rough and hard feel of drying meat.
Meat can be preserved by smoking. Follow this link in order for me to not have to plagiarize someone else's work.
Meat can be preserved by canning. This is putting the meat inside of a can with some other ingredients in order to keep the meat fresh for much longer.
And finally, meat can be kept fresh with a little help from the freezer. What one does is take the desired meat and inserts it into the freezer. Then when one wants to eat it, one has to defrost it and cook.
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∙ 10y agoas what i have noticed, pork is the most common meat used in preservation..
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∙ 10y agopork, beef, veal, and lamb
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∙ 14y agoits healthy
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How can cooked meat sauce be preserved?
in the refrigerator
Why is salting meat a good idea if you want your meat preserved?
Salting causes bacteria on meat to dehydrate.
How are the soft parts of an animals body sometimes preserved or saved?
Meat can be preserved by drying, smoking, salting, freezing.
What preserved meat is an example of the earliest form of food preparation?
jerky
How do you preserve poultry meat?
Poultry meat must be frozen to keep it preserved, as it is no longer considered suitable for consumption after 10 days in the fridge.
Which type of foods are preserved by sodium benzoate?
It is usually used to preserve meat products such as ham.
Why did people start smoking meat?
People started smoking meat to preserve it, before the age of refrigerators or ice boxes. The meat is preserved due to dehydration and the antibacterial properties of absorbed smoke.
Do you need to refrigerate deer sticks?
Generally, jerked meat like deer sticks do not need to be refrigerated. They are preserved with the chemicals that dry the meat.
Why was salt so important in Africa years ago?
It preserved the meat and food instead of a refrigerator, which they didn't have.
Are there any foods with no water in it?
Beef jerky comes pretty close, in that it's preserved by dessication. Vegetables (and meat for that matter) preserved in oil would also contain little water.
What are some advantages of smoking turkey?
The advantages of smoking turkey meat are the delicious smoked flavour to the meat but in particular that it is preserved for longer than turkey that has not been smoked.
How do you process meat in ancient Egypt?
In a warm climate before refrigeration fresh meat had to be eaten soon after it was slaughtered. Whatever could not be eaten fresh had to be preserved quickly, by either salting, drying or smoking. The preserved meat was kept in earthenware jars. A kind of pemmican (pounded dry meat mixed with melted fat) was sometimes made. Substances containing sugars such as beer and honey were also used as preservatives.
