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A terracotta qvevri in a wooden stand, a lidded Korean onggi jar, a grey stoneware crock and an oak barrel arranged on an ivory surface in soft daylight.
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The vessel and the ferment: pots, vats, skins and pits

Jars, barrels, skins, leaves, pits and whole rooms decide much of what happens to fermented and cured food. This is how a container works on its contents, and how people in different places chose theirs.

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