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Oct 2, 2019 at 21:13 comment added Jan Hudec @Mark, reinstating cats to their rightful demigod status would help a lot ;-).
Oct 2, 2019 at 21:01 comment added Mark @RedSonja, drying was known. Smoking was known. Salting was known. They were also either expensive, labor-intensive, or both. And the big source of loss wasn't to bacterial spoilage, but to consumption by vermin, which is also expensive and/or labor-intensive to deal with.
Oct 2, 2019 at 8:12 comment added RedSonja And an awful lot of food produced wasted away because it wasn't preserved properly. Introduce low-tech methods like drying, salting, silage, etc, and ensure they are used by everybody. Centralise storage of grain - see Ancient Egypt. Merciless rodent control.
Oct 1, 2019 at 16:05 history answered BKlassen CC BY-SA 4.0