tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post5330865768832483344..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: "O, MACHINE!"Welshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-2195859371599024512013-11-18T21:20:54.799+01:002013-11-18T21:20:54.799+01:00Thanks, Jenny. You must try the granita in tea! Hi...Thanks, Jenny. You must try the granita in tea! Hi, James. No idea either!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-8020327734681361802013-11-18T20:40:45.967+01:002013-11-18T20:40:45.967+01:00I am old enough to remember a time when the domest...I am old enough to remember a time when the domestic fridge was deemed an innovation but I don't really remember how my mother kept food cool before we had our first one.<br /><br />In a tub with water?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-46530135814161725242013-11-17T03:11:10.125+01:002013-11-17T03:11:10.125+01:00Very glad that your fridge is now working again! A...Very glad that your fridge is now working again! And the idea of granita in tea on a hot day is a lovely one. I have never heard of it before! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-74248388389251830842013-11-16T20:44:35.654+01:002013-11-16T20:44:35.654+01:00Hi, Lee and thank you for the empathy. Thanks also...Hi, Lee and thank you for the empathy. Thanks also for sharingthe story of your first fridge. My Simi would be lost without our fridge, too! Hi, Claude and thank you for your good wishes and for sharing your childhood fridge tale, too. Good question there, as you say.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-3609102345062451402013-11-16T19:25:17.233+01:002013-11-16T19:25:17.233+01:00Great your fridge is back, Pat.
You brought back ...Great your fridge is back, Pat.<br /><br />You brought back memories of my childhood in Montreal, in the Thirties. We had an icebox. It was a 3-shelves cupboard, with a connected box on top. We bought a block of ice daily (10 cents to 25 cents) from an iceman, selling it in the back streets, from a chariot run by a horse.<br /><br />At 5 years old, it became my job, 2-3 times a day, to empty the basin (under the cupboard) which was collecting the water dripping from the melting ice. If I forgot, I had to dry the very wet floor with a heavy, absorbing cloth. I learned fast to remember my duty.<br />I think we got a fridge during WW2. <br /><br />Are we any happier with our modern appliances? Big question...Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775039539331403794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-17673777441856216752013-11-16T01:34:34.029+01:002013-11-16T01:34:34.029+01:00I'm so glad you've got your fridge repaire...I'm so glad you've got your fridge repaired and back in working order and in its rightful place, Pat.<br /><br />We never had a fridge when I was a child. The first fridge we had was not long after my older brother started working. One of his first purchases was a little gas-operated fridge, similar in size to a bar fridge. When we were kids all we had was an ice chest/box. The ice man came and delivered the blocks of ice. Underneath our house we had a hanging safe with gauzed sides to let the cool air flow through to keep the food from going "off". And Queensland isn't noted for its cold weather!<br /><br />I'm in awe when I think about it today. I couldn't do it. I have a large fridge/freezer and would be totally lost without it. (As would my two furry rascals)!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com