Food Preserve

vor 1900

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Preserves such as these were taken as provisions on long sea voyages. They are made from the fruit of the padanus or breadfruit trees, which are then cooked and dried to make flatbreads. Packaged in pandanus leaves and tied with coir string, they would keep for up to a year.

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