Moldovan Foodways — Safety Note

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⚠ HISTORICAL PRACTICE IS DESCRIBED HERE, NOT RECOMMENDED. Home bottling of low-acid vegetables — zacuscă, pepper and aubergine preparations, stuffed peppers in oil — carries a genuine botulism risk and requires modern acidification or pressure processing. Household curing and smoking of pork need controlled temperature, measured salt and curing salts, and trichinella awareness. Home distilling is regulated and methanol is a real hazard. Raw-milk cheese, wild mushroom gathering and unpasteurised dairy all require current national guidance rather than ethnography.