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People in Europe spent years walking to the store everyday for food until they discovered that mechanical refrigeration exists...
by DarmokJalad1701 1y ago
People in Europe spent years walking to the store everyday for food until they discovered that mechanical refrigeration exists...
- supportengineer 1y agoBad example. Walking to the store everyday for fresh food would be a drastic improvement for most Americans.
- CharlieDigital 1y agoSomething I think that goes underappreciated: in many parts of the world, the food supply chain is shorter and the food is fresher to begin with. You're not meant to shop for 14 days at a time; you're meant to go more frequently and get what you need, fresh.
- tialaramex 1y agoThe refrigerator is a relatively modern invention. There's always been a refrigerator for me, but as a child my mother sometimes stayed with people who didn't own one and for her mother they were a new invention many people didn't have. Actually this idea of just buying things at "the store" is relatively new too. Historically people would make more things themselves, and more food would be purchased directly from farmers who had grown it.