If you're into the "local food" movement you might like the food in 1900. There was very little refrigeration and limited transportation. That meant plenty of f

If you're into the "local food" movement you might like the food in 1900. There was very little refrigeration and limited transportation. That meant plenty of fresh fruits and veggies in the summer and fall, but nothing but pickled and smoked food in the winter (along with root vegetables from the cold cellar). Preserving food was a serious business because your family could starve if you screwed up.