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Topic: Nicolas Francois Appert


  
 Appert, Nicolas François - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Appert, Nicolas François   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Appert was born near Paris and trained as a confectioner.
Since nothing was known of bacteriology and the causes of decay, Appert proceeded by trial and error.
In addition to his work on food preservation, Appert was responsible for the invention of the bouillon cube and he devised a method of extracting gelatin from bones without using acid.
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 Nicolas Appert Biography
Nicolas Appert (1749-1841) may not have understood the science behind food preservation, yet his canning process is directly responsible for the multitude of prepared foods that sit on grocery store shelves around the world.
Nicolas Appert was born on November 17, 1749 at Chalons-sur-Marne, France.
Appert based his process on heating foods to temperatures in excess of 100o C (212o F), the temperature at which water boils.
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Born around 1749, Appert (pronounced ah-PAIR) was the uneducated son of an innkeeper.
Appert treated his food with hours of steam in a contraption he designed, and then placed the food in glass bottles which were sealed with corks and wax.
In 1810, Appert published the details of his invention and he was awarded the prize, which he invested in the canning factory he had founded (the world's first).
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 Object of the Month - Mason Jar
By 1809, the Frenchman François (Nicolas) Appert had the background to solve the problem, having been a pickler, an expert confectioner, a brewer, a distiller, and a chef.
In 1810, Appert established the principles for the preservation of certain foods in hermetically sealed glass containers, which he himself designed for the procedure.
Appert's experiments had taken place in a time when chemistry was still young and 50 years before Louis Pasteur and the science of bacteriology.
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 Appert, Nicolas - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
APPERT, NICOLAS [Appert, Nicolas], also known as François Appert, 1750-1841, French originator of a method of canning.
Appert, already an experienced chef, began to experiment in his workshop at Massy, near Paris, and in 1810 was awarded the prize for his method.
Appert published several editions of his results (The Art of Preserving, tr.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-appert-n.html   (282 words)

  
 Canning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1809, the; French confectioner Nicolas François Appert developed a method of vacuum-sealing food inside glass jars.
Unfortunately for Appert, the factory which he had built with his prize money was burned down in 1814 by Allied soldiers invading France.
Based on Appert's methods of food preservation the packaging of food in sealed airtight tin-plated wrought-iron cans was first patented by an Englishman, Peter Durand, in 1810.
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 Nicolas Francois, ... - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Appert, Nicolas (1750?-1841), French chef and inventor who developed the modern process of preserving food by sterilizing it in sealed containers (...
Bazin, René François Nicolas Marie (1853-1932), French writer and educator, born in Angers, France.
Billaud-Varenne, Jean Nicolas (1756-1819), French revolutionary, born in La Rochelle, and educated in law at Paris and Poitiers.
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 Nicolas François Appert Biography
Appert became interested in food preservation when the French government offered a 12,000-franc prize in 1795 to the person who could find a way to keep provisions for Napoleon's armies from spoiling in transit and storage.
After years of experimentation Appert devised a method of putting food in glass bottles that were then loosely corked and immersed in boiling water for lengths of time that varied with the particular food; after boiling, the corks were sealed down tightly with wire.
Appert, who also invented the bouillon cube, was financially ruined in 1814 when his plant was destroyed during the Napoleonic wars.
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 Canning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1809, the French confectioner Nicolas François Appert developed a method of vacuum-sealing food inside glass jars.
Unfortunately for Appert, the factory which he had built with his prize money was burned down in 1814 by Allied soldiers invading France.
Based on Appert's methods of food preservation the packaging of food in sealed airtight tin-plated wrought-iron cans was first patented by an Englishman, Peter Durand, in 1810.
home-business-idea.zhri-msn.com /wiki/Canning   (717 words)

  
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But this famous method of preparing chicken or pheasant is not of Russian origin as the name Kiev would imply.
It was invented by the Frenchman, Nicolas (Francois) Appert.
He was the chef who discovered the principles of canning and preserving of food.
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 AllRefer.com - Nicolas Appert (Food And Cooking, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Nicolas Appert (Food And Cooking, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Nicolas Appert[nEkOlA´ ApAr´] Pronunciation Key, also known as FranCois Appert[frANswA´] Pronunciation Key, 1750–1841, French originator of a method of canning.
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 GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS:
Quite possibly, some people were frightened by this new invention, until, of course, they began to taste the wine, beer and bread.
It was not until 1795 that Nicolas-Francois Appert invented a way to preserve fresh foods by heating and sealing it in metal or glass containers.
The reason he came up with this was that Napoleon needed a way to feed his troops so they could ravage Europe and attack Russia.
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 Flo-Joe's FCE Trainer: Practice Tests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1810 the French government offered a prize to (9)...
Appert won the prize and with the money he received he
Appert used only glass jars and bottles but in 1822 he changed
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 Peppermint Schnaps
Peppermint Schnaps was invented by Francois Nicolas Appert, a Paris candy maker who invented it in about 1810 to put on ice cream.
Francois Appert also invented the art of canning food.
From: How to make the finest wines at home: George Leonard Herter Recipe makes 1 fifth
www.drink-recipes.info /beverages/peppermint-schnaps.htm   (86 words)

  
 Pave France - The British Need More Parking
As the great mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange remarked: "It took them only an instant to cut off that head, and a hundred years may not produce another like it."
The prize was claimed in 1809 by Nicolas François Appert, a Frenchman with an intacto head, and, to those in the know, the "father of canning".
The following year, Appert published L'Art de conserver les substances animales et végétales, its main principle being to boil the life out of foodstuffs.
www.pavefrance.com /blog/archives/001110.html   (529 words)

  
 Peppermint Schnaps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Place all ingredients in a bottle and shake well.
Peppermint Schnaps was invented by Francois Nicolas Appert,
From: How to make the finest wines at home: George Leonard Herter Recipe
www.recipejungle.com /recipe-00085502.html   (79 words)

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