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Record 1 1987-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
DEF

The earliest method of creating a vacuum in a salmon can. The cans were sealed and cooked for an hour and twenty minutes in a retort or open tank, the "first cooking". They were then removed and vented by being punctured with a mallet with a protruding nail to let the hot air escape. They were immediately resealed with a drop of solder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie

Spanish

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