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.
salting
the salt kills bacteria that spoils the food
Salting, Freezing, And Covering etc...
The making of bacon.
Pro: Salting food is a cheap and effective preservation technique.Con: The food may taste too salty if it is not properly prepared.
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
salting canning drying irradiating boiling curing and freezing are all methods of preserving foods
Salting equipment
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...
Because salting as a method of preserving destroys bacteria and prevents bacterial growth and decay of the meat.