Several of the most popular methods of food preservation are:
Smoking
Salting
Brining in salt water
Canning or Jarring
Vacuum sealing
Irradiation
Infusing with spices, such as pepper, curry, etc.
Sugar curing
Immersion in honey
Refrigeration and freezing
dehydration or drying
underground storage.
Examples: meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products.
cod, country ham, fat back, streak of lean.
Mostly meat and fish are foods preserved using salt or brine (salt water). Foods such as Bacon, Ham, Salt Cod, Salt Beef and kippered herring (Kippers).
Salt and other spices preserved meat in the days before refrigeration, and helped to hide the smell and taste of meat that had spoiled.
Absorbing water sodium chloride kill microorganisms and preserve foods.
Pork and fish
salting
the salt kills bacteria that spoils the food
Salting, Freezing, And Covering etc...
Pro: Salting food is a cheap and effective preservation technique.Con: The food may taste too salty if it is not properly prepared.
The making of bacon.
Smoking itself does not preserve food. The salting, brining, sugaring, and drying are what act as preservative. The antimicrobial and antioxidant nature of smoking helps in the process, but the act of smoking alone does not keep food safe.
by smoking the meats canning fruits and vegies also salting meat to make jerky
For the most part foods were stored by cooking and salting them, like making beef jerky for example. This allowed the foods to last through the winter.
you preserve the food Ex: cooking, freezing, refrigerating, salting, spicing, irradiating, pickling, add preservatives...
Salting equipment
Because salting as a method of preserving destroys bacteria and prevents bacterial growth and decay of the meat.
Smoking preservation is a method of preserving food using either hot smoke or cold smoke, the process prolongs the shelf life of the food and adds flavour. An example of smoking preservation is smoked salmon.