Comment on What would be ancient ways to properly store vitamin C?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months agoWhat exactly does “stored correctly” mean? I assume dry and cool?
Comment on What would be ancient ways to properly store vitamin C?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months agoWhat exactly does “stored correctly” mean? I assume dry and cool?
czardestructo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cool and dark, he would just toss them in baskets in a dark space that didn’t even stay that cool. He might have picked them before they were ripe but I dont remember.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months ago
The issue with recreating that environment on a wooden boat is that the sea is really, really wet. Sailing boats definitely had issues with spoiling citrus fruit, it’s part of why they switched to citrus syrup at one point.