There would be some sort of cooking, some attempt to store food for when people may have been hungry later, etc.

食物会被烹制,有人试着储藏食物,以防饥饿

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They can be on store shelves for a long period of time, and that has to do with the economics of food, especially food available to the poor, which we'll discuss later.

因此可以在商品货架上销售很长一段时间,这也与食物的经济学价值有关,特别这类食物穷人也买得起,这个我们以后会讨论

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