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		elnate on May 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How army rations helped change food If it helps at all, enough to build a canning factory according to Wikipedia. > Unfortunately for Appert, the factory which he had built with his prize money was razed in 1814 by Allied soldiers when they entered France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canning#French_Origins

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