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> Jars of preserved food that are still edible, tested by one of the excavators themselves, who ate a pickle from the Arabia finding it to be still perfectly fr
by smpetrey 11y ago
> Jars of preserved food that are still edible, tested by one of the excavators themselves, who ate a pickle from the Arabia finding it to be still perfectly fresh.
So that happened.
- valarauca1 11y agoThe process of canning was developed to preserve food almost indefinitely. Its a sterilized air tight container. The term is non-perishable food for a reason. When the process is followed correctly, there shouldn't be a biological process that can take place to cause spoiling.
- jhawk28 11y agoSince the food was stored in glass, it wouldn't have issues with toxicity either.
- pinkrooftop 11y agoI dont know if it would have been used for food storage, but some glass does contain lead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass
- vonmoltke 11y agoLead crystal was too valuable, and not really durable enough, for common food storage.
- themodelplumber 11y agoAre the "don't eat me" signs of an incorrectly-followed process pretty obvious? Just wondering for next time I come across...err...out of curiosity
- valarauca1 11y agoOn modern cans the lid will be depressed inward from air pressure. If this lid is popped upwards (while still sealed) this shows that biological activity has change the air pressure within the jar... so it wasn't properly sterilized/seal on production. I'm assuming these are Mason Jars. Which have been in use since 1858 (the patent has long expired so they're almost universal). When dealing with something like pickles the seal isn't as important as the pickle juice itself is incredibly hostile to bacterial life. The seal is more important to prevent evaporation.