 #16 (permalink) Sun Apr 16, 2006 18:40 pm More German in English |
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| Daniela wrote: |
| As far as I know the Indians used this method a lot in order to preserve as much meat as possible for the winter when they couldn't really hunt. |
They mainly dried and smoked it. It's possible they also used salt, but I don't think they had access to all those spices -- or are we talking about different Indians? You can still get Indian-style beef jerky in any large or small grocery store or gas station in the US, although now it can come in various different flavors, like teriyaki or Cajun spice. It's almost pure protein, and one of my friends calls it "emergency food".
Speaking of food preservation, have you ever read the book "Salt" by Mark Kurlansky? It's a very interesting economic and social history of salt, which is the only rock that people eat. In English there are a lot of interesting popular books on the history of various animals, vegetables and minerals. I've got them also on potatoes, bananas, tobacco, tea and coal. There's even a whole history book on codfish. These things changed the course of whole nations and even caused wars! |
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