Replace the blanks in the following sentence with two six letter words.

The same six letters must be used for both words. What are the missing words?

_ _ _ _ _ _  meat & fish was a staple of the mariners’ diet

in the Age of Sail, it was essential that it _ _ _ _ _ _ for the months spent

out of sight of land.

Answer: Salted and lasted.

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