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“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”*…
News you can use…
I kept throwing away food because I couldn’t remember when I bought it. Thursday’s chicken from Monday? No idea if it was still safe. DoesItLast gives a clear answer based on FDA/USDA guidelines, so you can decide with information instead of guessing…
E.g…
Instant answers for safe food storage: “How long does food last?“
See also: “The Curious History of Leftovers” (source of the image above)
* Calvin Trillin
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As we burp the container, we might spare a thought for a man who made a monumental contribution to food preservation and storage: John Landis Mason; he died on this date in 1902. A tinsmith, he patented the metal screw-on lids for fruit jars that have come to be known as Mason jars (many of which were printed with the line “Mason’s Patent Nov 30th 1858”).
That same year he invented the screw top salt shaker.
#culture #Food #foodPreservation #foodSafety #health #history #JohnLandisMason #JohnMason #leftovers #MasonJars #preservation #saltShaker -
Postscript to ‘Treasury of John M. Mason Collection Gifted Worldwide’, Orkney News, 23rd October 2025
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"#SNP #MSP [John Mason] loses whip over #Gaza statements"
The tide is turning (slowly).
#JohnMason #ScottishParliament #Scotland #GlasgowShettleston #Glasgow #Hasbara #Zionism @palestine
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Images from:
Beads
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and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe by Henry John Drewal and John Mason#Yoruba #Henrydrewal #Johnmason #Ondo #Ileifẹ #Yemọja #Ọsun #Art #Images #Photography #Academia #ArtHistory #BlackMastodon #Africana #BodyandSoul #Beads #Festivals #Spirituality #Masquerades #Crowns ❤️
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#17thcentury #colonialera #colonizationandsettlement #connecticutatwar #connecticuthistory #johnmason #may #mohegans #mystic #narragansetts #nativeamericanhistory #pequotwar #pequots #waranddefense