On Thursday, December 25, 2014 5:13:13 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
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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
> >>>> wouldn't
> >>>> 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
> > 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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> Well, you're turning quite nasty! 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.

Seems like Ophewia doesn't wuv Juwie anymore. Poor Juwie.

--Bryan