tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post7022703425779662222..comments2024-01-20T06:54:38.466-08:00Comments on <center>Slip Into Something Victorian Blog</center>: 10 ‘modern’ Victorian thingsDenise Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742532698064559452noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-40682272661800644972007-10-22T06:13:00.000-07:002007-10-22T06:13:00.000-07:00Kathrynn you got me curious about canning, and I l...Kathrynn you got me curious about canning, and I looked it up. According to FoodReference.com, it was actually thanks to Napoleon's army's need (they used old wine bottles) then "Peter Durand [possible Durance according to the DelMonte site]...developed a method of sealing food into unbreakable tin containers, which was perfected by Bryan Dorkin and John Hall, who set up the first commercial canning factory in England in 1813." (www.foodreference.com/html/artcanninghistory.html) (http://www.delmonte.com/news/cans1/body.htm)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-25264471499181228812007-10-20T06:58:00.000-07:002007-10-20T06:58:00.000-07:00Yeah, Kathrynn, and I also read that the can opene...Yeah, Kathrynn, and I also read that the can opener didn't come into existence until after cannned food was available. <BR/><BR/>Must have been hard work getting those cans opened.Susan Macateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476340887041053638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-26846044541182820372007-10-19T16:31:00.000-07:002007-10-19T16:31:00.000-07:00Cool blog. First timer. I read that canned food wa...Cool blog. First timer. I read that canned food was available during the Victorian era...sealed with lead of course, but available. <BR/><BR/>Kathrynn Dennis<BR/>www.kdennis.com<BR/>DARK RIDER, Sept 2007Kathrynn Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333769769907565078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-83919226034682947072007-10-16T13:06:00.000-07:002007-10-16T13:06:00.000-07:00Excellent blog, Christine! I had no idea so many ...Excellent blog, Christine! I had no idea so many things we use today began in "our" chosen era!<BR/><BR/>And I just bought my Christmas cards today, LOL (so if it snows soon, ladies, you can blame me!)Nicole McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438102631578521381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23115475.post-17670120870796527202007-10-16T07:41:00.000-07:002007-10-16T07:41:00.000-07:00Interesting blog!We think of the 20th century as t...Interesting blog!<BR/><BR/>We think of the 20th century as the time of the most technological innovations, but the 19th century experienced a great surge of technology in a short period of time.Susan Macateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476340887041053638noreply@blogger.com