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food preservation

Ice Houses

2019-03-20
By: ODOstefan
On: March 20, 2019
In: East Sussex, Hampshire, Historical Footnotes, Kent, London, Short Stops, Surrey, Uncategorized, West Sussex
With: 0 Comments

Prior to the invention of refrigeration, fresh food would either have to be eaten immediately or preserved in a way that would impact its flavour. With the invention of the ice house (or ice well), the residents of Mari (an ancient city in modern-day Syria) came up with a solution to this way back in 1780 BC.Read More →

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