People discovered long ago how to dry meat to keep it safe for a long time.

人们许久以前就发现了晒干法以延长肉类的保存期。

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When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.

当父亲想拒绝的时候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包，就被从手中夺走了。

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On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad.

最重要的是，现在大多数的3D食品打印机都受到限制，只能打印干燥的食材，因为肉类和奶制品很容易变质。

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It was all chilli and dry meat.

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"One of the major challenges is that we do fresh and not frozen, " says Mark Lobel, co-owner of Lobel's of New York, a famed Manhattan dry-aged meat butcher.

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Sometimes he would dress and cook the meat, sometimes he would dry it out in the sun, make jerky.

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