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Thu Oct 12, 2006 16:57 pm Fridgeless days |
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Interesting topic! Apparently, in the past, ice houses, wells and pits were built for the purpose of keeping ice, which could thus be preserved for a very long time. The Romans even had snow shops! Also, winters were colder in those days and ice was easier to be had.
This quote from Wikipedia and the following links provide us with some interesting facts about those fridgeless days:
| Quote: | | An inscription from 1700 BC in northwest Iraq records the construction of an icehouse, "which never before had any king built." In China, archeologists have found remains of ice pits from the seventh century BC, and references suggest they were in use before 1100 BC. Alexander the Great around 300 BC stored snow in pits dug for that purpose. In Rome in the third century AD, snow was imported from the mountains, stored in straw-covered pits, and sold from snow shops. The ice formed in the bottom of the pits sold at a higher price than the snow on top. |
http://www.invmed.demon.co.uk/mill/walk-1.html (see paragraph 8 ) http://www.icehouses.co.uk/faqs.htm http://www.london-footprints.co.uk/articehse.htm |
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Thu Oct 12, 2006 17:23 pm Oops! |
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Oops! What have I done again? I must have accidentally deleted your post, Tom. Sorry! |
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