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The first frozen
chicken provides
the proof
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In the winter of 1626
the English
statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon's coach runs over a chicken.
Bacon uses the incident as an opportunity for an experiment. He removes
the innards, fills the chicken with snow, and eats it - after he has
thawed it out again some time later. Bacon's experiment "succeeded
excellently well" - as we can read in his writings. Bacon was the first
to prove empirically that cold is eminently suitable for preserving
foods.
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Cast off for
mountains of meat
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How can "cold" be used
independently
of the seasons? It is not until 250 years later that the problem is
solved. In 1876 Carl von Linde invents the compression refrigeration
machine. In all large cities - from London to Budapest - refrigeration
houses are built that are equipped with Linde's machines. The
refrigeration houses are urgently necessary, because as a result of
industrialisation the demand for foods is continually increasing. In
order to meet the demand, refrigeration ships are built, which bring
fresh meat to Europe from all over the world. The first is the
"Paraguay" in 1877. Just one year after the invention of the
refrigeration machine it brings meat deep-frozen at -30 degrees from
Argentina to France.
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