Haven't really thought about it. Would depend on a lot of things. However, EATING this ice was just an extra. The main use was to reserve food. Back in those days we also used to chew road tar when it came out of the spreader...before it hit the ground. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: LeROI Frazier To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Ice man Yes, would you today ....eat ice from a pond ? LeRoi > From: gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:28:08 -0400 > Subject: Re: [ML] Ice man > > In Vermont, there were ice houses. Usually on or near small ponds or lakes. In the winter they cut the ice off the ponds in big blocks and stored them in these ice houses. I remember some being packed in sawdust but not sure they all were. As late as the 1940s these ice houses were used to store ice for summer delivery. > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: LeROI Frazier > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Ice man > > > > Now that I'm much older (wiser?) Where did he get the ice > > LeRoi > > > > > > > From: sullysoil66@msn.com > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:48:28 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [ML] Ice man > > > > > > MWe also had a Ice man, I remember he would park out front of my mother and grandmothers house. He had a ice pick, and would use it to pick a block of ice to the right size, than he had a big hook, would pick the block of ice up and with the hook still in has hands, he placed it on this big piece of leather he had over his shoulder, to keep the ice from making contact with his shoulder, to keep the cold and ice block from getting him wet too. In hot weather the ice man would also chip off some chips of ice for us kids, and we gladly put them in our mouths to suck on, it was a treat for me. My grandmother who was Mrs. clean, always told the ice man, to clean his shoes before coming into her house. I don't remember how many times he came a week, but it was several when the weather was hot. I much prefer the refrigerator we have now, but it was a little treat in our weekly lives. > > > > Sully > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message