[Sca-cooks] Beverage experiments

[Maggie MacD.]

At 02:28 PM 2/13/2008,otsisto said something like:
>I have always understood that it was from the mountains and was stored in
>ice cellars but I have no docs. on this
>
>De
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >  I think it is worth
> >mentioniong that the use of ice to cool drinks was commonly practiced in
> >the Mediterranean area.
>
>In the summer? Where did they get the ice and how did they store it?
>--
>David/Cariadoc

IIRC Elizabeth David talks about in the book 
<http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Cold-Months-Social-History/dp/0670859753/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202942060&sr=1-15>Harvest 
of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and Ices

Maggie