Iced Lemonade, Currier & Ives, c. 1879.

How did humans survive without refrigerators?

My refrigerator died . . . in July! I’ve had to re-think how I buy, store, and prepare food. During this household drama, I wondered – how did people survive for millennia without refrigeration? Before the refrigerator . . . Until the invention of refrigeration in the late 19th century, average working people ate less fresh … Continue reading How did humans survive without refrigerators?