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Wet bacteria friendly modern food OR how medieval farmers preserved meat

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what salt, smoke, and time do to preserve meat. Are you paying too much for WATER disguised as meat? Modern chemical injection just adds water and makes meat require preservation.  And all of this old knowledge is designed to help one sleep better in the face of anxiety provoking global circumstances--well except for the practicality of salting and smoking. Why Medieval Meat Lasted 3+ Years While Your Bacon Rots In 5 Days dry cured cold smoked 5:36 hours of sleep on freshly washed sheets. I could definitely use more especially after a round of techno frustrations.

Wrap some dough in a cloth and plop it into boiling water...?

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Wht is it about Scottish cooking technologies and practices that suggests wrapping what sounds to me like sort of nondescript batter--except for the spices--in cloth and boiling the package for a couple hours will produce dessert??? Inquiring minds want to know even more after watching the video Clootie Dumpling is a TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH dessert 5:26 hours of sleep. I got my morning stretches done. I chatted with my sister. I GOT A NEW PHONE and I washed my sheets. Now I need to take on the rest of the apartment. Lots of strech spells through the day seem to be keeping let pain and cramps at bay somewhat.

Nutrition facts behind why lentil brownies as reflected in Medieval peasant diets

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10 Medieval Poor Man's Breads That Scientists Now Say Were GENIUS 3:46 hours of sleep. I have no idea why it was hard to sleep but grumpy is a bad way to wake up too.

Silliness re Greenland, Iceland and PENGUINS who do not exist in the arctic

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Thank you AI You Invaded the Wrong Iceberg 🐧 (Greenlandic Penguin Army) 6:40 hours of blessed sleep. I was going to go buy eggs but I boiled the ones I have, turned refrigerator ingredients into food, did dishes, washed hair, and HOPEFULLY scheduled clean out Mom's apartment time with my sister

A CSA that grows vegetables I have never heard of

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The Vegetables 99% of American Farms Refuse to Grow 4:42 hours of sleep in bed and another hour snoozing at the computer. Leg cramps by evening. If I want to buy things at Supersavr, I really SHOULD get a shopping cart.

Pro buckwheat propaganda and imagine popped buckwheat

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I LIKE buckwheat. I take buckwhear to potlucks. People at potlucks do not necessarily like buckwheat. Their Loss Buckwheat: What It Is & How To Cook With It 4:42 hours of sleep I woke up minimal pain. Doing morning stretches helps SO MUCH. I made it to an in-person meeting AND HOME with bearable pain, reasonable range of motion, and only a few bits of cramping. Decaf grande latte and seeing what is what near Yesler Terrace.

The present is a DRAG so how about the DNA way back machine

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Ancient DNA Finally Solves the Mystery of the Teotihuacan People 4 ish hours of sleep. Speaking of warming in the arctic and another year distortion of the polar vortex