preserved food
Long-lasting edibles
Preserved food is food that has been treated to prevent spoilage and extend its shelf life.
Methods include canning, drying, salting, smoking, pickling, and freezing.
The term covers everything from canned vegetables to beef jerky to pickled herring.
Preserved foods enabled long sea voyages and winter survival before refrigeration became widespread.
- cannedSealed for preservation
- pickledPreserved in acidic solution
- jarredShaken or disturbed
- saltedTreated with sodium chloride
- salt porkBrined fatty pork
smoked · dried · sun dried · fermented · cured · brined · jam · jelly · marmalade · jerky · sauerkraut · kimchi · vinegar · mason jar · pickle jar · pantry · root cellar · shelf-stable
- military rationsMRE, K-rations, C-rations, ration packs, ready-to-eat meals
- processed materialstreated wood, tanned leather, tempered glass, galvanized steel, vulcanized rubber
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Unpreserved edibles
fresh produce · perishables · fresh meat · fresh fruit · fresh vegetables
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