the first experiments in refrigeration were not with fish or meat but with everyone’s favorite luxury—butter.

The selling of permits to eat meat on fast days was becoming a profitable source of Church revenue.

Wednesday to Friday, was supported by the argument that it would build up the fishing fleet.

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Originally Liverpool was the port that connected Ireland with England.

LIST of great rivers that played essential roles in the history of salt—the Yangtze, the Nile, the Tiber and the Po, the Elbe and the Danube, the Rhône and the Loire—a gurgling

guardian spirit of pickling named Roguszys.

coriander, marjoram, basil, bay leaf, allspice, and black pepper. Add garlic if desired. Sprinkle a little extra salt into those barrels that will be used later.

When the barrel is full, cover it with a lid, seal with tar on all sides, and keep in a [warm] room for two to three days, every day turning the barrel over, first on one end then on the other. Transfer the barrel to the cold cellar, and then turn it over twice a week. After three weeks, store the barrel on ice.