On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:30:07 -0000, "Ophelia"
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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?

They preserved all the food that they could and ate whatever was
there. According to my aunt my paternal grandparents had an icebox in
1915. Of course they lived in town. My maternal grandparents lived
in the country and quick trips to the grocery store were out of the
question. Fresh came from the gardens and the fields during the
season. Meat from the smokehouse and fruits and vegetables from the
cellar during the winter. Milk and butter from the cows.

I remember that a house at the beach about 1950 still had an icebox.
And horse-drawn wagons come around with ice and fresh foods.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)