The Process of Canning Invented
How many knows the name of INVENTOR??
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
Which person
faded away into obscurity despite being responsible for one of humanity’s most
important inventions?
Napoleon is
credited with saying——“An
army marches on its stomach”
The food
available to soldiers, circa 1810, in EUROPE, was hard bread and salted meat,
which was neither nutritious nor appetizing.
Napoleon
offered a prize of 12,000 Francs to anyone who could invent a better way to
store food for his troops.
Chef Nicolas
Appert(as in appetizing) rose to the challenge.
He perfected
a method of putting food in jars, submerging the jars in boiling water to
preserve the food, then seal the jars.
In other
words—- Process of canning was invented. This is perfected as the time, and
science progressed.
For
his invention, Appert was given a large cash prize by the French government,
because his invention of canning was extremely important for the French
military in the Napoleonic Wars.
Canned food
was first used by the military during times of war and was initially unpopular
with the general public. Until the 20th century, metal cans were very bulky,
aesthetically unappealing, and heavy, while canned food in glass containers was
prone to breakage. With each war that occurred after its invention, canned food
gained more public trust and popularity. After World War I, canned food became
commonplace in the everyday home.
Now, canned
foods are generally hermetically sealed. Some foods are heated to sterilizing
temperature.
All sorts of
foods, such as meats, vegetables, and fruits can be canned. Some examples of
canned foods include canned green beans, sweet corn, chili, SPAM, and tuna
fish., normally, before CANNING.
Canning is one
of the main inventions that supports modern life to which we give little
thought.
Though well-known in France, Chef Appert has faded away into
obscurity in the rest of the world.
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