Refrigerators - What hard work did our ancestors have to do to achieve what we can achieve today with just three simple hand movements?

September 23, 2019

Modern life is unimaginable without a refrigerator, but in ancient times there was neither electricity nor refrigerators. How did our ancestors manage to preserve certain products for at least a short time or cool water and wine in the hot summer?

Back then, it was much more difficult. Now, in fact, the only effort we put into cooling a product is to unpack the product we bring home from the bags and put it in the refrigerator.

Now everything is simple, you can go to online stores and find advertisements: refrigerator discounts, installment plans, etc. at every step.

Almost until the 1970s, ice cream vendors on the streets of Tbilisi would put ice in ice chests. Shops and restaurants were also stocked with large blocks of ice. That ice was made in large refrigerators... Medieval Tbilisians also used ice and snow, but it's interesting how?

19th-century authors mention the heat and dust of Tbilisi, but they also note that being in Tbilisi at that time was not particularly dangerous, as residents were helped by cool basements and ice supplies in the winter.

It is known that King Levan of Kakheti first settled the Leks in today's Saingilo - Pifineti, to bring ice from the Caucasus Mountains for the royal court. The people of Tbilisi were supplied with this by the residents of the capital's Sanakhs - they practiced the storage of ice and snow, which had a long tradition.

Tbilisi's shops were supplied with snow and ice imported from the Tbilisi mountains, which they used to cool wine, meat, fish, and various food and beverages.

In the old days, the freezers of Tbilisi homes were deep-dug basements where you couldn't maintain the temperature without painstaking attention.

Looking at today's world, it's hard to imagine that anyone would do such a lot of work, when you can go to an online store and choose the refrigerator you want, based on its size, shape, and most importantly, your and the refrigerator's capabilities. Isn't that what scientists are working on, to make our everyday lives easier?!

Yes, even if you are on a budget, a small refrigerator and its low prices are always at your disposal.

A hungry man who comes home, immediately after entering the kitchen, heads for the refrigerator to satisfy that masculine desire, about which there is a saying - the way to a man's brain is through his stomach. How many of you have recognized yourself now? Including me.

Don't miss: One of Isruve's previous posts about refrigerators .

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