Did the Victorians make tinned food?

Yes, the Victorians made tinned food. The process of tinning food was invented by the French inventor Nicolas Appert in the early 19th century. Appert's method involved placing food in glass jars and then heating the jars in boiling water. This process killed the bacteria that would normally cause food to spoil. In 1810, the British inventor Peter Durand patented a method of tinning food using tin-plated iron cans. Durand's method was more efficient than Appert's method and it quickly became the standard method of tinning food. Tinned food became popular in the Victorian era because it was a convenient and inexpensive way to preserve food. Tinned food was also popular with the military because it was lightweight and easy to transport.