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I will ask next time I get a chance but it will be after this comment thread closes. If I recall correctly canning is a relatively recent invention anyway (Napo

I will ask next time I get a chance but it will be after this comment thread closes. If I recall correctly canning is a relatively recent invention anyway (Napoleonic wars) so there is a way other than that. Plus modern canned foods have so much salt in it but it's not really the equivalent...

giantg2 3y ago
That's really curious. The other main way to preserve things other than canning is by salting or curing, which would have way more salt than the canned foods.