20 FORGOTTEN Food Storage Methods the FDA Quietly Made Felonies

In 1938, Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and within a few decades, dozens of food preservation methods that had fed American families for over a century were quietly regulated out of legal existence for anyone selling food. Meanwhile, a ninety-year-old woman in rural Ohio still keeps a root cellar stocked with vegetables from last October — still firm, still edible, with no refrigerator at all. These are the 20 forgotten food storage methods that kept American families fed for generations, using nothing but salt, time, and a cool cellar. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:55 #20 Water Glassing Eggs 7:30 Pattern Break: What the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know 8:30 #15 Hardwood Smoking 15:00 Pattern Break: The Pattern Behind the Pattern 16:00 #10 The Underground Root Cellar 22:00 Pattern Break: Who Really Invented These Methods 23:00 #5 The Canning Bee Final Thoughts New episodes every 2 days. Subscribe for more forgotten American skills the modern world left behind.