Since the beginning of time, people have looked for ways to preserve food for future use. There are no records around telling when the first preservation method was discovered or used. Perhaps people noticed that a fire dried food and that the smoke preserved it. Or maybe hungry hunters ate dried berries on a bush and realized that they liked the taste. By chance, people could have left food in the snow and once retrieved, …showed first 75 words of 493 total…

…showed last 75 words of 493 total…didn't get nearly as cold as a refrigerator during summer months, root cellars generally were and are 30 to 40 degrees F. Cooler than daytimes temperatures. Most root cellars are 8 ft tall and 10 ft wide. Many have doors swinging open from the top but more modern ones are only covered on 3 sides by the earth. Having a door that opens from the front the walls are covered in shelves holding the different types of food. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**