# Preservatives
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [May 24, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432 "2013-05-24T08:40:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/1 "2013-05-24T08:40:22Z")
Well I figure we could list methods for preserving food here as they seem to be getting into that now.
Salt of course.
Smoking
Canning (storing in a sealing container while hot)
Pickling
Could you preserve food in alcohol?
I started reading this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food\_preservation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_preservation)
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### Author:  [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/2 "2013-05-24T08:50:27Z")
Alchohol preservation could work, though it’s typically used for fruit. That or preserving samples for research purposes.
I’ve had some damn good cherries that were preserved in rum. Recipes I’ve seen for them still involve getting the booze warm, not sure if that’s serving a necessary functional role or simply to dissolve the sugar also involved in the recipe. God they were good on ice cream.
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### Author:  [@Binky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Binky)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/3 "2013-05-24T09:48:08Z")
I’m so hungry right now. Stop talking about rum cherries.
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### Author:  [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/4 "2013-05-24T18:07:23Z")
Go get some food you spaz! XD Then come back and list any preservy ideas you have while cookin’ it up! Win-win.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/5 "2013-05-24T20:29:59Z")
It’s the future, right?
How about a genetically engineered predator virus? Something that infects food and kills all micro-organisms attempting to feed there. Thus making the food unrottable. That or radiation preserving.
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### Author:  [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/6 "2013-05-24T20:36:42Z")
Appreciate it, but we have a relatively complete list of preserving methods already, it’s just a matter of implementing them. For example we need a system for tracking a cooking or other crafting process over time for smoking and such. There are also some other recipes that are being held up by this.
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### Author:  [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/7 "2013-05-24T21:21:50Z")
Yaaaay! Smokey food is my favourite.
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### Author:  [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/preservatives/1432/8 "2013-05-25T03:20:20Z")
You COULD throw in a mechanism for depleting foods of their h2o…
In practice - it relieves a considerable amount of carbons, but who cares in 0.8…