If you were living off the land and didn’t have electricity or maybe running water…. And you’re cooking your meals, what do you do with leftovers? Is storage of leftover food not a thing? Did they have to cook a new meal every day with salted protein? I’d love to know
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Salt was life.
Salting and dehydrating were key methods for food storage. There’s a reason wars were fought over salt. Expressions like “*salt of the earth*” or “*worth his salt*” even the word *salary* all derived from a time when salt was a more important currency than oil.
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