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Re: preserving food--anecdotal



The PBS American Experience documentary on Joe DiMaggio last evening
included footage of 2 sisters talking about a "perfectly preserved" piece of
wedding cake from Joe and Dorothy Arnold's reception that they found in
their mother's closet after many years.  I think they said it had only been
wrapped in wax paper and sealed using 2 paper clips.  Not recommending this
technique, just passing along trivia for you baseball fans out there!

Sue Sacharski
Archives
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
312.926.3090  fax: 312.926-6957
329 West 18th Street - Suite 901
Chicago, IL 60616-1120
ssachars@nmh.org <mailto:Ssachars@nmh.org>


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Stasia Wolfe [SMTP:swolfe@CITYOFSACRAMENTO.ORG]
        Sent:   Tuesday, April 10, 2001 2:48 PM
        To:     ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
        Subject:        Re: preserving food--anecdotal

        I found a piece of anniversary cake in a collection that's been here
in our care for almost twenty years.  I sure was surprised to find it.  And
even more surprised to find that the cake piece was actually
cataloged....The cake is close to 50 years old now and it's like a small
hockey puck.  The air is rather dry here in Sacramento, and the cake has
seemed to petrify all on its own.   I do worry a tad about critters seeking
it out, but so far it seems not to have attracted any bugs.  Must not have
been very good cake.

        Stasia Wolfe

        Archivist
        Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center
        551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.
        Sacramento, CA 95814
        916-264-7072



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