Meat was a very rare treat. As long as three million years ago, however, our ancestors had apparently learned to slice meat off of animal bones with stone tools.

Humans have been preserving foods since the dawn of time. Here are some popular smoked and cured fish dishes from all around ...

Neanderthals probably ate something most of us would find hard to swallow—meat that was left to rot, ferment, and fill up ...

The apparatus, on a limited scale for preserving the meat, has just been completed, so that this was the first public trial, View Full Article in Timesmachine » Share full article SKIP ADVERTISEMENT ...

The meat can be pulled from the fat as needed, always recovering any remaining meat with fat. Reheat the pieces in a very hot oven, then pull the pork from the bone.

Strings of cured meat and sausages are hung up in residents' backyards in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The year-end tradition of preserving meat ...