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On 12/24/2014 12:03 PM, wrote:

> My grandmother only had a pantry, ice box indeed !
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My granny's pantry had a mesh box sticking out from the north side. Food
was put in there, and draped with damp towels. The mesh kept the
critters off, and the breeze on the damp towels cooled the food. She
didn't get an electric refrigerator until the late 1960s.
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