Before Fridges

in hive-109286 •  4 years ago 

Before the invention of fridges
Meat preservation without fridge will be a difficult for a 21St century generation.
Refrigeration is the process of creating cooling conditions by removing heat. It is mostly used to preserve food and other perishable items. All what we know is about fridges in this generation in terms meat preservation.
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Methods for preserving food by taking out heat or adding heat has been around for thousands of years, but the modern refrigerator is a recent invention.

How My Community used to preserved meat
In west Africa Ghana, they skillfully craft a device in my locality called "Kono" using palm tree and other plants.

Kono

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Uses of "Kono"
This devices is used to prevent stubborn cats from eating your meat.
Again,it is used to prevent bacterias from reacting on meat by hanging it in the kitchen where firewood was used as a source of fire.
In the olden days the only way they Cook was to use firewood as a source of fire.

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In recent times, these cannot be found in my communities again because of the advancement of technology. Now, Fridges are used to keep food from spoilage. Again, Electric and gas stoves are used to for cooking.
Nevertheless, these interesting devices can be found in the villages and it will blow your mind though not efficient as the new technology.
You can visit my country Ghana for more interesting things. Thank you for your attention and Have a nice day.

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In the old days, 6 such big ones were present in every house, there is still a Chhabra in our own house.

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