PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Even so, salting has never disappeared entirely, since many people still prefer the distinct flavour and texture it gives to cured foods.
- Modern refrigeration achieves a similar result by slowing bacterial growth through low temperature rather than by removing moisture.
- Salt works by drawing water out of both the food and any bacteria present, so the microbes cannot survive to multiply.
- Salting became one of the earliest and most widespread solutions, used by cultures from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean.
- Long before refrigeration existed, communities needed a reliable way to stop meat and fish from spoiling during storage and transport.