🧊 Food Facts Friday – Episode 33: Ice Was Shipped Worldwide Before Refrigerators

🧊 Food Facts Friday: How People Used Ice Before Refrigerators! 😲

Think ice is a modern convenience? Think again.
In this episode of Food Facts Friday, we explore the incredible history of how people harvested, stored, and even shipped ice around the world long before refrigerators existed.

In the 1800s, massive blocks of ice were cut from frozen lakes, packed in sawdust, stored underground, and shipped across oceans all to keep food cold and drinks chilled. Ice was so valuable that it powered an entire global industry before electricity ever entered the kitchen.

🧠 You’ll learn:

How ice was harvested and stored for months

Why ice was shipped from cold climates to tropical countries

How the invention of refrigerators ended the global ice trade

❄️ It’s one of the coolest chapters in food history literally.

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