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7000 BCE
mummies using salt
the oldest mummies on earth used salt to cure meats. -
7000 BCE
curing mummies
Egyptians cured mummies with salt for awhile -
6000 BCE
The ancient Egyptians were the first to realize the preservation possibilities of salt. Sodium draws the bacteria-causing moisture out of foods
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1000 BCE
ancient early innovations
the first foods cured were ham's. -
400 BCE
medical salt
they started using salt in prescrptions. -
300 BCE
the beginning of salt curing
The earliest processed meat products were prepared exclusively for use in times of scarcity -
nitrate in salt
It was Polenski who first speculated that saltpeter is reduced to nitrite in the curing of meat. -
salt during ww2
During the Civil War, salt was a precious commodity