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I love Cowal.

Thanks Toddy. I think that people went exploring with their bushcraft knowledge and some spare food. Your point on the Northern Winter is an important one, but the technology of preservation was probably an important one no matter what latitude we lived at. Preservation was insurance against...

I've seen some posts on the forum about vacuum packing rations and why some can be stored at room temperature. This is a complicated issue and has some safety implications. 1) Air lets some bacteria grow and this makes food go off quickly. The bacteria that spoil meat, Pseudomonas, need...

New to the site. Been interested in woodcraft since I was a kid, when my dad and grand-father taught us about the world around us - whether it was in the garden or in a forest. I'm a scientist - microbiologist. Did a degree in Food Science and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. I'm particularly...