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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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>>> 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
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>>> have baked a casserole the night before.
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>> They also had pots over the fire continuously and added things as they
>> got them.
>> If that wasn't cooking in advance, what was it?
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>> Never mind. Don't bother to answer.
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> And those things were kept hot! So not the same thing at all.

Nonsense! As Lucretia pointed out, our grandparents put the food on a slate
in the pantry and it stayed there until it was needed! I guess you didn't
read the right books, or are you turning into a know it all now?

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