Food Preservatives

[vagineer1]

Will it be possible in the future to research a way to make food last longer?

[Tynan]

I don't know.

[vagineer1]

I don't know.

I have a few ideas for food decay and ways to prevent it.

1: If you leave food outside it decays faster than if you place it in an enclosed environment.
2: (This is a meat based idea) The ability to research a freezing unit you can place in a room so it cools the room and makes the food last longer and, will give a negative moodlet because of the low temperature.
3: Brining (I believe that is the term used when you place a kind of liquid into a jar and place food in the jar so it is preserved for longer)

[sirdave79]

In a word, salt. It could be mined or desalinated from oceans. Salting meat to preserve it - to make it last longer. Salted vegetables make less sense, but maybe containers of "brined" vegetables works conceptually. The decay of meals is probably right but DF doesnt do it (sorry) and due to food prep logistics im bloody glad it doesnt. The timescale for the game(s) makes certain things qwerky.

If im not wrong raw food doesnt decay. I almost dont want to say it but it probably should (ouch - why ?)

Refrigeration is a good idea also. Would probably be needed also if raw food decayed.

Maybe refrigeration for raw food and preservation for meals makes sense. If both refrigeration and preservation were used to extend food "life" somewhat, freezing would extend it significantly (possibly halt decay totally for the purposes of mass transport).

So maybe 2 levels of refrigeration.