Medieval Food Preservation: Salt, Smoke, and Cellars Before Refrigeration

Summary

This article explores how medieval societies preserved food before refrigeration, detailing techniques such as salting, smoking, drying, fermentation, and the use of cellars and barrels. It frames food preservation as a central survival technology that allowed people to turn seasonal abundance into year-round sustenance, structured around the rhythms of ripening, slaughter, and fasting periods.

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