In high, dry air a slaughtered carcass keeps sweet for months

Evidence

There is no change of food. The steer which was being killed on my arrival is now being eaten through from head to tail, the meat being hacked off quite promiscuously, without any regard to joints. In this dry, rarefied air, the outside of the flesh blackens and hardens, and though the weather may be hot, the carcass keeps sweet for two or three months. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 132

Categorization

• CANDY: A beef carcass hacked off joint by joint stays edible for two to three months in rarefied mountain air.