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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/di...anted=all&_r=0
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> So, what did people do before fridges?

Well, I wasn't alive in those days but from what I have read, they had
little shops nearby and they bought things as needed. They also wouldn't
have baked a casserole the night before.

My parents didn't have refrigerators when they were young but they did have
ice boxes. Those were mostly used for things like milk.