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brewer, applied for the prize and collected his reward. Appert invented a method of boiling meats, fruits and vegetables and sealing them in jars with the corks dipped in tar.
The British waged the battle of the field rations by coming up with the same process, only with tins. What these two armies were really doing was pasteurizing food before Pasteur had invented his theories.
No one canned at home, though, until John Mason came up with the famous Mason jar in 1858, making it possible for people throughout the world to have peas in January, com in March and bruit year 'round.
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