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The miracle and novelty of refrigeration

Monday, February 8th, 2010

It was not long ago that many homes in the United States didn’t have refrigerators. In fact, it was only in the 1930s that fridges became affordable enough for 60% of households in the US to own one and many people in the UK didn’t own one until the 1970s, that is pretty recent!  (source: Wikipedia)

Before that people would grow food or go to the local store daily.  In many other countries throughout the world, refrigeration is still a novelty.  We take this novelty for granted, we can keep things frozen for a couple months, we can keep milk cold for a week, and we can go to the store once a week to have more than enough food to keep our families fed each night. (more…)

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