Comment on What would be ancient ways to properly store vitamin C?

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes, but you can’t shelf citrus for like a year. I’m asking about long life preservation methods, not necessarily for sailors back in the day but in general.

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Jam, or other preserved fruits i would guess were common.

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Jams are preserved by canning, which introduces heat, which destroys vitamin C.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fresh meat contains vitamin C, as most animals can synthesize it themselves. “Livestock” would have been the preservation method.

    Fermentation can develop vitamin C, depending on what you’re fermenting. Cabbage is probably the most famous example, but pretty much everything you ferment produces at least a little.

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  • breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Apples was used as well. And they definitely can be stored for a year under the right conditions.

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• breecher@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  But funnily enough scurvy was also called “the English disease” in some languages.

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