Dorsetmike
Member
When I was a kid my mother would make jam and pickles and bottled fruit when stuff was in season, this woud usually last us through the winter and into spring - some things even longer. No refrigeration, just a normal (for those days) large cupboard on an outside wall and ventilated. We rarely if ever lost any due to mould or other deterioration.
On farms some stock was kiled and preserved (especially bacon/ham, salt beef and smoked meat and fish) this also lasted through the winter, potatoes and other veg was stored in "clamps"
Nowadays shop bought pickles, jams etc bear warnings to keep refrigerated, use within a short period etc.
Has pickling lost its power to preserve? Why doesn't bacon and ham keep, even in the frig?
Or are we just being conned to get through stuff quick or throw it away and buy more?
My son in law has a whole shelf of the frig full of jams and pickles! (He also puts the lid down on the loo, not just the seat, even though there are no women in the house!)
On farms some stock was kiled and preserved (especially bacon/ham, salt beef and smoked meat and fish) this also lasted through the winter, potatoes and other veg was stored in "clamps"
Nowadays shop bought pickles, jams etc bear warnings to keep refrigerated, use within a short period etc.
Has pickling lost its power to preserve? Why doesn't bacon and ham keep, even in the frig?
Or are we just being conned to get through stuff quick or throw it away and buy more?
My son in law has a whole shelf of the frig full of jams and pickles! (He also puts the lid down on the loo, not just the seat, even though there are no women in the house!)
