Page 45 - The Lost Book Preserving Food Naturally

The Lost Book of Preserving Food Naturally

While collecting ice for keeping food cool is backbreaking work, it is effective. In the event

of a TEOTWAWKI event, where we no longer had electricity to keep our food cold, I

imagine an ice house and icebox would be the way to go. Producing enough electricity to

run your refrigerator off of solar panels would require a lot of solar panels.

Although most ice houses looked no different than any other wood warehouse, the best
ice houses were underground. The lower temperature underground helped keep the ice

from melting prematurely, extending the amount of time that ice could last.

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