How did they store food in the 1900's?

Answer 1

the veggies and fruits were canned and stored in a root cellar - the meats were smoked -- the milk was "fresh" every day - flour in sacs or barrels - sugar was really expensive - most used barrels of molasses and had sugar only from the bottom of the barrell --- and the wealthy had ice-boxes - with ice delivered a time or two every week....

Answer 2

Maybe it depends on a people's culture but I think most methods were drying (herbs, beans, seeds, fruit, some vegetables and some meat) and canning (think jams, jellies, pickles and fruit in syrup) also smoking (mostly meat and fish to make a jerky type of food) I suppose too that there were some who had a form of an icebox (using a chunk of ice from a lake) that chilled some food as well for a long while. I remember too that my grandmother said that some root vegetables were stored in the cellar in the dirt to keep them fresher for later in the winter. Hope this helped a little. I'm sure others have more ideas.

Answer 3

Have you ever seen an ice box? I remember my grandmother had one. A big block of ice was delivered every few days, and the box was insulated, so it lasted awhile. Not as cold as a modern refrigerator, though; the milk would go bad in maybe three days. We used to chip chunks off the block with an ice pick (yes, favorite weapon of Victorian murder stories; one in every kitchen), and put them in a tall glass, cover them with Cliquot Club Pale Dry Ginger Ale. Marvelous!

Of course, the electric refrigerator was invented during the 1900s, which, after all, only ended six years ago.

Answer 4

Well most food back then isn't like food now. They did not have as much disposable stuff. Plus meat back then was kept by salt curing it. Salt curing can keep meat for months.

Answer 5

they had limited eletricity, but a lot of places had access to ice.. persihabes were kept in a "icebox" meats were cured food was canned or dried..burlap bags, for potatoes and onions

Answer 6

Houses were usually built with a cold larder.

Answer 7

ummmmmmmmmmmm
well they stored milk as butter
and etc etc etc
in ther stomachs of course

Answer 8

Closed the door and walked away.

Answer 9

in the pantry ,celler and the ice box

Answer 10

inside their stomach