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Discussions on food preservation at WindowsForum.com cover methods for extending the shelf life of foods, including curing raw olives with minimal ingredients and the long-term preservation of fruitcakes, as seen in a 113-year-old wedding cake that remained moist despite age and damage. These threads explore traditional techniques and surprising examples of food longevity.
  1. whoosh

    VIDEO How to Cure Raw Olives the Easy Way using only 2 Ingredients

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    • food preservation olive curing two ingredient recipe
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  2. cybercore

    World's Oldest Wedding Cake

    In 1898, when this cake was baked, Orville and Wilbur Wright were running a bicycle store, reading about birds and thinking how cool it would be to build a flying machine. Guinness World Records calls this 113-year-old Victorian era confection the "World's Oldest Cake." Hitler's bombs caused...
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    • 1860s food baking history bomb damage cake history cake recipe culinary heritage food culture food preservation fruit cake historical confection historical events moisture test oldest cake orville wright victorian era wedding cake wilbur wright world record
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler