Do people in the cool countries keep refrigerator?

I have seen from movies that there are countries from Western part with cold weather, having snow with fridge on people's houses. I just don't know in North Pole if they have one.

Its really a funny question. I think they need refrigirator. Because a refrigirator not only used for keeping things cool but also keeps them unspoil. I am leaving in a warm area, still i don't have a fridge. Do you know how much does it cost?

It is not necessary to have a fridge in ice cold places, all my left over food are kept overnight in a plastic container on top of the table without much worry about them. The ice cold temperature in my room is more than enough to keep them fresh for several day and week before they go bad. but i do need a microwave to warm them before i eat them.

I guess they also have fridge at their homes because they are using heaters making their house warm, hence, a fridge is really necessary.

Naturally they do not need refrigeration,because they can always cover the food in ice and leave it like that till they want to use it again.Only thing it should be below zero degree always.In our place that is India,before refrigerators came into existence,we use a variety of tamarind as preservative in curries we make.Then we used to heat it at night after use and morning before use.This way you could preserve cooked food for one or two days without getting it bad.Other raw things were sliced and dried to keep for longer period.

Yes they do have refrigerator. I had seen it in winter time of some countries in Tajikistan, China, and even Mongolia.

It's about 8C here in England, at the moment and will get colder, we have a fridge and a freezer. Many foods keep better in the fridge and it is useful to keep some frozen food all the best, urban

I wonder if they do use refrigerators... Oh well, if you are in a cold country, would you use one then? I think there's still possibilities of using those cause you can't just leave the chicken in the table for few days, right? So, are you saying that in hot countries, they don't have to use gas stoves cause you can use the heat of the sun, straight to your cooking pan and heat food?

Haha. Thanks for starting this discussion, just struck this on my mind. I also wonder too, you are right, how do they keep their foods? Do they need a refrigerator to keep their foods? or there refrigerator is the other way around. Instead of cooling their foods, they used their refrigerators on heating their foods. Hmmm, I wonder? Just an opinion of mine and a silly thinking of me. Have a nice day my friend.

Thanks a ton for posting this discussion. Well that was a funny thought! To be very honest, i had been to Switzerland when it was very cold and i could still find refrigerators all around. Of course in cold countries every thing would be getting freeze of its own but still they would like to have them so that they can keep vegetables and fruits and other food items free from germs and all in a cool and safer place than to keep them outside. What say?

I have no idea, but in our country there's a difference between northern and southern. In our northern part we take central heating to keep warm in winter but in southern parth there's no central heating. Maybe that's similar.

I have one here in Mexico. But I know several people here who dont have one. They are very expensive here to own.

People in 'cold' countries heat their houses to stay warm. So yes, they too need a fridge. Besides; some foods you really can't freeze. So you can't leave them out in the frost.

Fridges and freezers are used in cold countries to stop food freezing. Imagine if it went down to minus 50 over night - you would not want a milk cube with your cereal

Yes, of course they do. Wherever a person lives they will keep the house at a liveable temperature, which means that food will need to be kept in a refrigerator to store it. I visited Russia a long time ago and travelled out all the way into Central Siberia. The area itself it permafrost and even in the warmer times of the year it is still a solid block of frozen ground. There were refrigerators in the hotel rooms, which surprised me because many hotter countries do not supply a refrigerator with a hotel room. In fact, the local people seemed to overcompensate for the outside temperature and the inside of most buildings was a higher temperature than I am used to at home.

Hi riya From what I have been told by my sister in law at mongolia, yes, they do have a refrigerator there. I think they need a place to store and access the materials easily more than they need the refrigerator because of its cooling thing.

I believe refrigerator is still necessary to preserve the food and protect them as well from the germs or some insects around if any.