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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
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>>>> 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.
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>> Nonsense! As Lucretia pointed out, our grandparents put the food on a
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>> 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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> Well, you're turning quite nasty!

Do you think so? Why, because I question what you say?

I am sorry you don't like that but what you are saying is just wrong. I
and others have had that experience with our grandparents.

I don't claim to be an expert on
> anything. I have no clue what a slate is and none of the books I read
> where the pot was kept hot mentioned a pantry. The books that I read said
> that a pot was kept simmering on the stove or over the fire. I did read
> books where a pantry was mentioned but there was no mention of putting
> leftovers in it. I did see mention where a food that needed to be kept
> cool and was purchased ahead of time was put in some certain area to keep
> it cooler than it would be in the house.

So what you are saying is, if it wasn't in those books it can't be true?

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