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    With what do you associate the name Nicolas Appert?

    Question #42104. Asked by shady shaker. (Dec 08 03 4:31 AM)


    mibmob

    preserving food/canning etc

    Dec 08 03, 4:35 AM
    shady shaker

    OK, a well-deserved YAY!! Nicolas Appert (1749-1841) won a 12000 franc prize offered by the French Government anxious to send its troops off to battle with food which would last the duration.
    The sterilisation process which Appert perfected became known as "appertisation".

    Dec 08 03, 5:02 AM


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