in the days before refrigerators they used Ice Boxes. Was that a Freezer or refrigerator by todays standards
2006-08-28 10:07:57 · 23 answers · asked by boxersnotbriefs 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Back in the day, no one had a unit in their home that would actually cool anything because the technology wasn't there yet, what they did was go to the store (or have it delivered, I'm not completely sure) and get a block of ice. They would then place this in the "Ice Box". This box was designed to hold the ice and keep your perishables from perishing too rapidly.
2006-08-28 10:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by corwinnn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Refrigerator
2006-08-28 10:13:37 · answer #2 · answered by Rey817 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a refrigerator and not a freezer. My parents always called the refrigerator the icebox and occasionally I still do! I recently heard the famous chef Emeril Lagassi refer to the fridge as the icebox too!
2006-08-28 10:12:42 · answer #3 · answered by Silva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The refrigerator replaced the "ice box". Many many moons ago, people would buty a very large hunk of ice (Ice man used to drive around neighborhoods selling very large cubes of ice) and you would place that ice at the bottom of teh cabinet and kept perishables there. People would replace their about once a week.
2006-08-28 10:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Bathroom Graffiti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. It was an insulated wooden box that a block of ice was stored in. The evaporation of the ice kept food cool. There were no household freezers then. The ice was delivered to your door by wagon and was covered with sawdust to stay relatively frozen.
2006-08-28 10:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ice box was an enclosure that you put a block of ice in and it held food from spoiling for around 3 days. When the ice melted it was necessary to replace the ice so that the food would not spoil. Read below.
2006-08-28 10:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by oldone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A refrigerator.
2006-08-28 10:09:15 · answer #7 · answered by shominyyuspa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a refrigerator. they called it an ice box because it used to cool food by using big blocks of ice that they would put in there........the big ice block used to keep the food cold and when it melted they just put in another block.....
2006-08-28 10:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by jachooz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By todays standard My grandfather calls an icebox a refrigerator.
2006-08-28 10:10:48 · answer #9 · answered by Head Master 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the days before referigeration people use large blocks of ice in a "box" with a place for the ice block to go and your food to go. Kind of like a cooler we use today. Look in old TV shows and movies you'll see one or ask grandparents.
2006-08-28 10:12:30 · answer #10 · answered by knujefp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋