In uk.singles,  (Dave {Reply Address In.Sig}) wrote in
::

>Andrew Marshall wrote:
>> 
>> That'd certainly slow down any temperature change, but both upwards and
>> downwards, so I'm not sure that it'd be of much use in hot weather; in a
>> day or two I'd have some rather hairy cheese.
>
>You ought to go down to Cheddar and watch the man make the stuff. Once 
>you've seen how it's made, they show you the stored maturing rounds, which 
>are covered in mould.
>
>Hard cheese is one of those useful foods where you can clean the mould off 
>the outside, it doesn't penetrate.

It's easy to forget how foods like cheese, bacon, jam, pickles etc came
about- because there were no fridges.
-- 
Marc

You're not allowed to call the prime minister a liar,
because then you're in breach of the official secrets act.
- Andy Hamilton

In uk.singles,  (Gordon H) wrote in
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>In message , Marc Wilson 
> writes
>>
>>It's easy to forget how foods like cheese, bacon, jam, pickles etc came
>>about- because there were no fridges.
>
>And no central heating, and a roaring fire in the hearth which sucked 
>cold air in under every door.
>
>My parents had a "meat safe", ie, - a cupboard with a ventilator grill 
>in each door.     I suppose they kept [perishables there, or in the 
>unheated pantry.
>
>  http://www.materials4diy.co.uk/farmhouse-style-pine-meat-safe-or-larder-
>cupboard-25-off_334.htm

What a horrible site!  I will not buy from anyone who believes that the
plural of 'plank' is 'plank"s'.
-- 
Marc

Having a "smoking section" in a restaurant is like having a "pissing section" in a swimming-pool. - Victor Lewis-Smith