When my three-year-old son opened the birthday gift from his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol. He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink. I was not so pleased.
I turned to Mom and said, "I'm surprised at you. Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water guns?"
Mom smiled and then replied....."I remember."
Canning foodIn 1795, a prize of 12,000 francs was offered by the French government for a method of preserving food and transporting it to its armies. The winner was Nicholas Appert, a French chef who invents a way to can food. He developed the method of heating food in airtight glass jars, not very different from the home-bottling method now uses Mason jars. He published The art of preserving animal and vegetable substances for several years, in Paris, 1801. He was also the inventor of the bouillon cube. |
