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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Franklin's expedition carried nearly 8 000 lead-soldered tins containing meat, soup, vegetables and pemmican - a pressed cake of shredded dry meat.

富兰克林探险队则带有近八千个装有肉、汤、蔬菜，以及压缩肉糜饼(一种用干肉捣碎压制而成的饼)的含铅焊锡封口的罐头。

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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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