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Techniques

Food Preservation – Jams, Chutneys and Pickles

17 March 2010

Before the days of refrigeration, scientific advances in food treatment and the ability to fly in foods out of season, it was mandatory to find ways of preserving produce such that families could have food supplies all year round.
With meats, they were often times salted (cured as in salt beef, bacon and fish), air-dried (as [...]

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Home Made Luncheon Ox Tongue

28 January 2010

The credit crunch has caused people to look at all areas of spending and one of the places most people can make a saving is by foregoing buying an expensive lunch each day and instead creating their own packed lunch.
However, for a devout meat eater like me, even a homemade sandwich can be expensive if [...]

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