SC - Chemical heating?/JSTOR

[margali]

But you dont use the ice pit as a frige, you pull out blocks of ice to
use in the kitchen.

margali
{stefan, do you need to use our spare tent and sleeping bag for
pennsic?}
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So the evidence for the use of ice houses looks patchy. And the earlier
ones appear more to be unlined pits in the ground. Also they seem to
have
been used to store ice for later use in drinks and such and not used for

cooling foods as they were pits into which the ice was packed and
insulated
in straw and earth, without provision for space for other items or easy
access.

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Lord Stefan li Rous