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trapping summer in a jar so winter can't win.
means a food preservation method that heat-seals food in airtight containers to kill microbes and stop time, more or less.
from invented in 1809 by nicolas appert, a french confectioner chasing a cash prize napoleon offered for a way to keep armies fed on campaign; he sealed food in glass jars and boiled it, not fully understanding why it worked until pasteur explained the microbes decades later.
napoleon's prize12,000 francs, paid for solving army hunger
can opener laginvented 48 years after the sealed can
botulism risklow acid foods need 240°f, not just boiling
shelf lifeproperly canned food outlasts most marriages
for instance
spam — hormel, 1937, fed soldiers and pacific islands alike
campbell's soup — warhol immortalized it, 32 flavors, 1962
mason jar — john mason patented the threaded lid in 1858
tinned fish craze — instagram-famous sardines and conservas, 2020s spain and portugal