Marvelous cold room!

Cold rooms are common in Quebec homes built several decades ago. They allow rural dwellers and even city families to have provisions to face the winter. Historians have observed on the Côte-du-Sud the development of real cellars in homes from the first half of the 19th century. These served as cold rooms. Then, over time, the cold room lost its popularity.

Since the advent of eco-construction, cold rooms are once again present in eco-friendly homes. They are set up in the basement of the house. The temperature is cool – between 2 and 10 ˚C, approximately, depending on what you want to keep. In addition, what you store there is protected from light. To control the humidity in the cold room, there are two air vents. One lets in fresh air from outside and the other lets out heat. The latter also helps eliminate gases released by fruits and vegetables that would speed up ripening.