According to The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, the three most significant inventions in the history of food and drink are the fridge, pasteurised milk and the tin can. The Royal Society’s list is:
1. Refrigeration
2. Pasteurisation / sterilisation
3. Canning
4. The oven
5. Irrigation
6. The threshing machine / combine harvester
7. Baking
8. Selective breeding / strains
9. Grinding / milling
10. The plough
Then comes:
11. Fermentation
12. The fishing net
13. Crop rotation
14. The pot
15. The knife
16. Eating utensils
17. The cork
18. The barrel
19. The microwave oven
20. Frying
Comment: This puts into context the often-used hype of ‘This is the best invention since sliced bread’ – since ‘sliced bread’ isn’t on the Royal Society’s list!
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