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Preservation Methods

Spinialo

This Greek dish maintains an old fisherman's tradition of preserving one's catch in bottles of seawater.

Peameal Bacon

The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.

Hoshigaki

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.

Hongeo

Fermented skate smells like it urinates through its skin—which it does.

Muqmad

This camel jerky is a lifeline for Somali nomads during times of drought.

Biltong

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

Cork is known for butter, and therefore buttered eggs.

Buttered Eggs

When eggs hot out of the chicken meet butter, magic happens.

T'tu Lavash

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

Rakfisk

Norway's notorious fermented trout is a tangy Christmas tradition.

An unmilky <em>rana temporaria</em>.

Can Putting a Frog in Milk Keep It Fresh?

Modern science may have an answer to this Russian folk belief.

Anne Ewbank April 19, 2018

Pepperpot made with cassareep.

Cassareep

Sauce that can preserve stew for days—no fridge needed.

Shrubs have been used to preserve fruit for hundreds of years.

Shrub

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.

Hanging tomatoes before they're picked.

Hanging Tomatoes

This tomato variety can stay fresh for six months after harvesting.

Menokin.

Warsaw, Virginia

Menokin

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Chuños for sale in Paucartambo, Peru.

Chuños

A key step in the Andean technique of freeze-drying potatoes is stomping on them.