Despite lacking the technology available to us today, one might be surprised at how the people from the distant past managed to preserve their food and how effective their methods are. In fact, some of these methods were so effective that their remaining food “may still be consumable today, or at least used to create a modern dish or drink.”
It’s a problem that every society, from the dawn of humanity, has faced: How to save food for figurative rainy days — away from microbes, insects and other critters eager to spoil it. Over the years, archaeologists have found evidence for a variety of techniques. Some, like drying and fermenting, remain common today. Others are bygone practices, such as burying butter in peat bogs. Though low-tech, the ancient ways were effective — clearly, as some of the products have survived millennia.
Check out the article over at Discover to know more details about the methods of the ancient people.
(Image Credit: Nordic Food Lab/University of Copenhagen)