Preservation of foodstuffs: a historical outline of a universal issue

Authors

  • Pablo José Alcover Historiador

Keywords:

food preservation, salting, drying.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to give a brief account of the two basic methods of food preservation: salting and drying (particularly of fish and meat). The paper forms part of the author’s PhD project within the framework of the medieval cultures programme at the University of Barcelona. In it an analysis is made of how different cultures have coped with food preservation.

Keywords: food preservation, salting, drying.

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Issue

No. 42: juny 2017

Section

Agroforum

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