Jewel The ice in ice houses was insulated with straw or more likely saw dust.
John > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jewel Blanch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[email protected] >Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:11:10 +1200 >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rock salt was Ice cream salt >Max's explanation of how icecream was made before the days of electric >refrigeration and >icecream makers and the vital part that rock salt played in the process, may >provide the >answer to something that I have always wondered about, to whit, where did the >ice come >from that people used to be able to buy in summer in the days of yore, and how >was it that >this ice seemed to remain in its frozen state for quite long periods? >I imagine that it was stored in underground cellars or specially-built ice >houses, but >simply keeping it * cool would not delay thawing for as long a time as, from >my reading, >the ice seemed to last. How was this summer ice produced and was it then >packed in rock >salt to keep the ambient temperature down? > Jewel >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >List Members At The Following Address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list >just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
