Zoey conner

By mollylewis
  • 7000 BCE

    mummies using salt

    the oldest mummies on earth used salt to cure meats.
  • 7000 BCE

    curing mummies

    Egyptians cured mummies with salt for awhile
  • 6000 BCE

    The ancient Egyptians were the first to realize the preservation possibilities of salt. Sodium draws the bacteria-causing moisture out of foods

  • 1000 BCE

    ancient early innovations

    the first foods cured were ham's.
  • 400 BCE

    medical salt

    they started using salt in prescrptions.
  • 300 BCE

    the beginning of salt curing

    The earliest processed meat products were prepared exclusively for use in times of scarcity

  • nitrate in salt

    It was Polenski who first speculated that saltpeter is reduced to nitrite in the curing of meat.

  • salt during ww2

    During the Civil War, salt was a precious commodity