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

Well, you may have. I did not have that experience at all.
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> 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.
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> So what you are saying is, if it wasn't in those books it can't be true?

*shakes head* I didn't say anything of the sort. But... While it is
interesting to me to know what they did in the old days, most of that has no
bearing on my life today. Especially when it comes to food and food safety.
We know a lot of things now that they didn't know back then.