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One method could have been pickling the food.

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Q: What methods could sailors have used long ago to preserve food?
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Why was the food that the sailors carried on their ships heavily salted?

to preserve it


Methods of preserving food?

Methods of preserving food include smoking and drying. Canning is another common method of food preservation. Pickling is one of the oldest forms of food preservation.


Modern day methods of food preservations?

BEST WAY TO PRESERVE MODERN DAY FOOD IS TO KEEP IT IN REFRIGIRATOR.


When sailors had no fresh food to eat what disease could they get?

Scurvy


Could water preserve food?

Water doesn't necessarily preserve food. However, the canning process can preserve food. The boiling process can prevent any transfer of bacteria, fungus or microbes.


How did people preserve food in 1960?

In 1960 people preserved food by freezing it. Food was also preserved by home canning or pickling methods and storage.


How does water preserve food?

water can not preserve food it attracts mold


What are the common methods of food preservation?

Freezing is a very common method of food preservation. Canning is another method that is often used. You can also dry, or vacuum seal foods to preserve them.


How is food kept fresh in deserts?

The vast majority of people living in the deserts live in towns and cities where electricity is available to run coolers and refrigerators that are used to preserve food. Those without electricity must rely on methods such as drying or preserving by canning or storing in salt or brine to preserve food from spoiling.


What is the opposite of preserved?

The opposite of preserve could be destroy or consume. The opposite of preserving food could be consuming and/or wasting it.


What are some way to preserve food?

you could dry it out if it was meat or salt it also keep it refrigerated or freeze it


Does water preserve foods?

On meat, salt can preserve food.