Home›Food Preservation and Curing Techniques›All Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesBrowse ByAll Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesReference and ClassificationVerifiedTechniques whose primary purpose is extending a food shelf life or transforming it for storage and trade, rather than cooking it for immediate eating. Belongs here: Brining, Candying, Canning, Curing, Fermentation, Food Drying, Pickling, Smoking. Does not belong here: a technique whose primary purpose is producing a dish for the same meal, grouped under one of the cooking-method subcategories, even when it happens to extend shelf life as a side effect, such as confit, grouped under moist-heat and combination cooking methods.FactsAll Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own account12,000 BCE 1All Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesFilter Results66 entriesTechnique FamilyAllAcid Curing and Marinade Preservation Techniques (3)Aging and Maturation Techniques (2)Brining, Pickling and Salt Curing (8)Canning and Protective Packaging (5)Dairy Processing and Ripening Techniques (2)Drying and Dehydration (6)Fermentation Methods (8)Fermented Cereal, Root and Starch Staples (7)Fermented Pastes, Seasonings and Protein Foods (4)Food Irradiation (3)Freezing and Chilling (4)Non-Thermal and Combined Preservation Techniques (3)Pasteurization and Heat Sterilization (5)Smoking Foods (4)Sugar and Fat Preservation Techniques (2)Type/ClassificationAllAcid Curing and Marinade Preservation Techniques (3)Aging and Maturation Techniques (2)Brining, Pickling and Salt Curing (8)Canning and Protective Packaging (5)Dairy Processing and Ripening Techniques (2)Drying and Dehydration (6)Fermentation Methods (8)Fermented Cereal, Root and Starch Staples (7)Fermented Pastes, Seasonings and Protein Foods (4)Food Irradiation (3)Freezing and Chilling (4)Non-Thermal and Combined Preservation Techniques (3)Pasteurization and Heat Sterilization (5)Smoking Foods (4)Sugar and Fat Preservation Techniques (2)Origin RegionAllAsia (1)France (1)Mesopotamia (1)Nigeria (1)Philippines (1)Russia (1)The Middle East (1)Origin YearAll-12000 (1)-2400 (1)1300 (2)1800 (1)1805 (1)1809 (1)1821 (1)1860 (1)1870 (1)1933 (1)1960 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Adobo (Curing Technique)Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesAmylolytic ProcessFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesAttieke FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesAutolysis (Winemaking)Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesBacksloppingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesBiltong CuringFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesBiopreservationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesBlast ChillingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesBriningFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCandyingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCanningFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCheese RipeningFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCocoa Bean FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCo-FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCold SmokingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCured FishFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesCuringFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesDry AgingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFermentation and Curing of OlivesFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFlash FreezingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFlash PasteurizationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFood DryingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFood IrradiationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesFreeze DryingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesGarri ProcessingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesGibbingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesHome CanningFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesHomogenizationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesHot SmokingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesHurdle TechnologyFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesIdli Batter FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesInjera FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesKenkey ProcessingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesKilishiFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesKinilawFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesKocho FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesKoji FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesMalolactic FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesMalosolFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesModified Atmosphere PackagingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesOgi FermentationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesOsmotic DehydrationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesPalm Wine TappingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesParbakingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesPascalizationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesPasteurizationFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesPellicle (Cooking)Food Preservation and Curing TechniquesPicklingFood Preservation and Curing TechniquesPotting (Food Preservation)Food Preservation and Curing Techniques12Next →Sources1. Food Preservation (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaFood preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (technique)Quote, Food preservation, Curing section, earliest drying practice (technique)The earliest form of curing is drying, which has been in use since ancient times, the earliest known practice dates back to 12,000 B.C. by inhabitants of the modern Asian and Middle Eastern regions.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.