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# Preserve
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mind-chef/episode/mind-chef-mind-chef-preserve/
- Published: 2025-06-06T15:51:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T21:02:57.000Z
- Description: Explore the food preservation techniques that are critical components of southern culture.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Mind of a Chef, Season 2, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_291df5f1-8929-4b0b-a30f-1af3fb2a874a, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_4e99c539-b264-43d4-8cbf-fa764ea8bada, #v1.16

Sean often describes how his family ate growing up this way: “If we were eating, we were eating food from the garden or the basement — it’s a way of life.” In this episode, Sean shows us what it means to be eating from the basement by exploring the preservation techniques that are critical components of southern culture: drying, salt curing, canning and fermentation.