Canned Bacon Has Survived Warfare, Space, And More - Chowhound

Today, we have the advantage of refrigerators and freezers to keep our bacon around longer. In fact, that fresh package of bacon in your fridge can last, if opened, about a week. But before artificial refrigeration came along, preserving food was a real challenge. Commercial bacon production began in the 1770s in England, but it took the indefatigable work of a Frenchman, Nicolas Appert, who spent nearly a decade…