Potted meat

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Potted meat refers to a method for preserving meat. The meat is cooked, placed hot in a pot, tightly packed to exclude air, and then covered with hot fat. As the fat cools, it hardens and forms an airtight seal, preventing spoilage by airborne bacteria.[1] Before the days of refrigeration, potted meat was developed as a way to preserve meat when a freshly-slaughtered animal could not be fully eaten immediately.[1]

Often when making potted meat, only the meat of one animal was used,[1] although other recipes, such as the Flemish potjevleesch, used three or four different meats (animals).

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