Before the refrigerator was invented, people had to try hard to keep their food fresh. They used deep holes in the ground and cool cellars for this purpose. Wooden and clay containers were also used to store food.

Sometimes people created “refrigerators” that everyone could use. These were built either underground or as separate constructions and were used to store snow and ice collected in winter, helping to keep food cold in the warm season.

Some countries even purchased ice for household use. Ice was put into the upper compartment of a special icebox, food was placed in the middle compartment, and the lower shelf had a tray so that water from the gradually melting ice had somewhere to go.

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