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in such circumstances [poor harvest), storage of food is
most important. the principal rule is to have separate
places for different types of commodity: dry things can be
kept in a pantry with bread and dry linen; wet things are
normally stored in the buttery. wine and meat must be
kept apart, and cellars should be avoided on account of
their dampness. meat should be seethed in summer to
keep it fresh, then kept in a cool cellar, soaked in vinegar
with juniper seeds and salt. most yeomen will have vats
and presses for making cheeses--a valuable source of
protein in the long winter season. similarly, most
livestock owners have troughs for salting meat or
allowing it to steep in brine.
-the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england,
ian mortimer
elizabethans who did not have cellars were unable
to properly preserve and store food.
o many elizabethans did not know how to properly
preserve and store food.
elizabethans had to be very careful about properly
preserving and storing food.