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Cooking techniques

  • Smoking (cooking)Archaeological evidence suggests the smoking of food dates back to the Paleolithic era. Early humans likely used this process to preserve meat and fish for…
  • FryingArchaeological evidence points to the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt around 2500 BC as the earliest known instance of frying.
  • Curing (food preservation)Sea salt crystals crunch against the raw surface of a ham in 2024, beginning a chemical dance that has preserved food for millennia.
  • FireA flame appears when fuel reaches its ignition point temperature. Flames from hydrocarbon fuels consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen, and…