[Sca-cooks] Myth of Spoiled Meat  wyldrose wyldrose at tds.net
Fri Nov 20 16:05:27 PST 2009  I think that some
herbs/seasoning/etc were used to preserve meat for long  term
preservation.   Someone who didn't understand this might instead
think  the meat was spoiled and the herbs/spices were covering
up the flavor.  Many  of the herbs/salts/rubs/ spices actually
draw moisture out of the meat and  preserve it instead.  You
would be able to extend the palatability of the  meat from days
to months (or longer) by the use of preservation and smoking  of
meats.    Am I remebering correctly that many 'period' chimneys
held inside racks  or separeate stone chambers for storing
smoked meats or to smoke meats?  I  know many homes/homestead
sites here in the US had speacel  chimneys or even  'smoke-
houses' used to smoke or store preserved meats.   My parents
both of which were barely literate and were brought up in the
depression insited we have a smoke house to store foods.  My mom
also used  'rubs' way before they wer