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    From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to All on Fri Feb 3 08:36:36 2023


    Hi, All!

    "I love the farm, you know, and I'm glad to be here. It's just that sometimes it feels a little dull.
    ....
    It's kind of hard to get excited about having the key to the root cellar".

    What is a root cellar?

    Bye, All!
    Alexander Koryagin

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Alexander Koryagin on Thu Feb 2 22:51:28 2023
    Hello Alexander,

    "I love the farm, you know, and I'm glad to be here. It's just that sometimes it feels a little dull.
    ....
    It's kind of hard to get excited about having the key to the root
    cellar".

    What is a root cellar?

    A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.

    When I was young our family had a property out in the boonies. It was old then and I doubt it exists anymore. There was no power lines going there then.

    It had a root cellar that wasn't much more than a hole in the side of a small hill with a door on it. It had a few shelves that we kept our canned goods and a few things like potatoes and dried meat and fish.

    It was dark and it wouldn't get to cold in cold weather or too hot in warm weather.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... Disclaimer: Advice void where prohibitted by common sense!
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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Alan Ianson on Fri Feb 3 10:16:58 2023
    Alan Ianson:

    A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.

    Probabaly so called because trees above would shoot their
    roots through the cellar walls...

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  • From Ardith Hinton@1:153/716 to Alan Ianson on Thu Feb 9 00:02:32 2023
    Hi, Alan! Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:

    What is a root cellar?

    A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.


    Uh-huh. Especially root vegetables such as beets, carrots, potatoes, and turnips... but as you pointed out it may also be used to store canned goods or whatever else "keeps" well at low temperatures as long as it doesn't freeze.

    My parents had a shed in their back yard which they used for much the same purpose until they could afford to add a basement under the house.... :-)



    There was no power lines going there then.


    IOW, no electrical appliances. I can relate.... :-)



    It was dark and it wouldn't get to cold in cold
    weather or too hot in warm weather.


    Yes, I think that's what matters for practical purposes. The climate in Vancouver is moderate, but elsewhere folks do things a bit differently. :-Q




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  • From Ardith Hinton@1:153/716 to Anton Shepelev on Tue Feb 14 21:30:20 2023
    Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Alan Ianson:

    A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.

    Probabaly so called because trees above would shoot
    their roots through the cellar walls...


    Hmm... I didn't see a smiley there. Seriously, what I think of as a "root cellar" is akin to what you may have noticed in tales like THE WIZARD OF OZ where it doubles as a storm shelter. The state of Kansas is roughly on the same longitude as a city Canadians refer to as "Winterpeg" because it tends to get quite cold in winter... i.e. like Moscow, or so I understand, and for very similar reasons. In such locations North Americans found they could keep food chilled... but not too cold... below ground level. I've heard of various ways of doing this & I doubt tree roots would be a concern on the prairies.

    Cf. "wine cellar", often located beneath a house or restaurant. :-)




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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Ardith Hinton on Thu Feb 23 19:20:46 2023
    Ardith Hinton:
    Anton Shepelev:
    Alan Ianson:

    A root cellar is a place to "keep" food stuffs.

    Probabaly so called because trees above would shoot
    their roots through the cellar walls...

    Hmm... I didn't see a smiley there.

    I am derailing the thread with crazy self-invented
    etymologies. Root cellars are named after what they
    store, which is root vegetables, such as potatoes.

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