2007-03-17 17:45:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
What pioneers? Where? What ice?
Your question doesn't make sense to me.
2007-03-17 17:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1st off they didnt keep ice over the summers, they had no way of keeping it as far as getting it the only way to get ice in the old days was to get it from someone else that had an ice cave.. It wasn't till the later years they were able to make ice commercially. In the winter time they would go to the rivers or ponds and "cut" blocks of ice and keep them for as long as they could.
2007-03-18 00:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by iafarmboy2004 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The pioneers harvested ice off of frozen lakes. They had special tools to cut the ice and then it was stored in ice houses and cellars. For insulation the ice was often packed in straw. Cutting ice was an important winter activity in many parts of the country. Before refrigeration cellars were used to store many perishables, fruit, vegetables and even milk.
2007-03-18 00:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by lwjksu89 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
where it was cold enough to freeze lakes over people would saw big blocks of it hawl it to a building called an ice house then they would pack it in sawdust,peat moss or the best insulating material they could find.
somtimes it would last thru summer.
If the grid fails we will be back doing it again so remember what i have told you.
2007-03-18 01:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by sugartopone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
got it in the winter.kept in an ice house covered in sawdust and ice i believe.salt too maybe.
2007-03-18 00:50:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unless they could find natural ice caves they just did without. They only cooked enough food for a day or two.
2007-03-18 00:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by pleeks 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋