"The Cook" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:30:07 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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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?
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> 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 don't have all that, but I do a lot of preserving


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> 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.

Wonderful)
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