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Jane Austen
Ice Cream Before Electricity
Known for her sharp-witted novels about love and manners among the English gentry, Jane Austen did most of her writing in the early 1800s, more than a century before most European households had electricity. Although she lived comfortably and ate well, she had fewer food choices than most English people do today At the time, a summer treat as simple as ice cream was quite a luxury. |