Eli5: How did people make and keep ice in medieval times, and how do we manufacture ice cubes now ?
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Interesting timing for this post. I had some issues with my fridge and had to do a deep defrost, as some drainage tubes were frozen.
I’m aware of how ice houses worked, basically giant igloo coolers. I got a big plastic tub, lined it with a wool blanket, then a down blanket, then a towel. Then I added all the frozen food from my freezer. I moved the tub to my bed because I knew the mattress would insulate the bottom. I then created a pillow fort around the whole tub, and finally piled my bedding on top of all of that.
4 hours later, when the fridge had purged all of the water, and I was putting things back, not only was the frozen stuff still solid, but some meats I had moved from the fridge were also frozen.
Complete success. And my fridge is working fine now.
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