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Keeping Food: Clever Preservation

By Food and Health

Explore the science, inventions and food traditions behind keeping the harvest, from iceboxes and glass jars to Andean potatoes.

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Keeping Food: Clever Preservation

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  1. The traditional Andean preserved food chuño is made from which crop?
  2. Why does rapid freezing generally preserve the texture of fruits and vegetables better than slow freezing?
  3. Before electric refrigerators became common, what supplied the cooling in a household icebox?

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