Assertion: salt | /r/CapableOf | preserve food
Facets:
value: in the middle ages
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Not only did salt serve to flavor and preserve food, it made a good antiseptic, which is why the Roman word for these salubrious crystals (sal) is a first cousin to Salus, the goddess of health.
text: Salt was so important to keep food safe in the Middle Ages that special salt roads were built to get salt from the ports to the cities and towns of the time.
text: Not only did salt serve to flavor and preserve food, it made a good antiseptic, which is why the Roman word for these salubrious crystals (sal) is a first cousin to Salus, the goddess of health.
text: Salt preserves foods by creating a hostile environment for certain microorganisms.