Re: Ice industry ruined.

On 2025-04-01, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-03-31 10:13 p.m., Ed P wrote:

Ice houses were great and provided employment for people.  Someone came
along and destroyed the thriving industry.
 
It might be one of the world's most transformative inventions when it
comes to our diets, but the refrigerator was initially met with a frosty
reception. Although ice houses such as the one pictured were relatively
popular with the upper classes, everyday people relied on techniques
such as pickling to preserve their food.
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  We are a dying breed Ed. I remember ice delivery when I was a wee one,
but only when we went to the city to visit relatives. I also remember
when we drove through the city we passes a few ice shops. The ice would
be stacked up and covered with sawdust for insulation.  If we went on a
picnic we wold stop and get a block of ice. Those blocks are hard to
find these days and that's a pity because a block of ice would  last for
a few days while a back of ice will be a puddle by the next day.

I wonder if my mother remembers ice delivery.  If I think of it, I'll
ask her tomorrow.

Do you often go on picnics that last a few days?

--
Cindy Hamilton