First, overnight delivery is very, very expensive for items that tend to arrive inside a Houdini-worthy coffin of Styrofoam braces, dry ice cakes and bubble wrap.
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Before steam-powered conveyor belts, which were generally found in large icehouses, the company used ice cakes moved by either man or horse to fill the houses, which was extremely time consuming.
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Ice workers out on the lake were paid 30 cents an hour, while those working in the icehouse, where 300-pound ice cakes were being pushed around, were paid 35 cents an hour.
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Montenegro worked an average of 15 hours on each of the 10 cakes, sculpting the details from modeling chocolate, and tinting and modeling elements in several stages to apply to the simply iced cakes.
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The ice houses, the largest in New England, were the pride of Southwick, employing hundreds of men who sent ice cakes to customers as far south as New York City, until electric refrigeration put them out of business.
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A modern variant that " is " intended for food prep is the'sandwich spreader'- a broad, flexible, almost spatula-like tool, with a rounded end and often with one serrated edge, similar to that used by pastry chefs to ice cakes.
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While zoologists celebrate what they've learned about panda behavior by presenting her with a special ice cake, the birthday girl will likely stick with her daily routine of sleeping, eating bamboo, lounging on her favorite tree branch, or hiding in her den.
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Since this effect depends on reducing friction, and not on increasing the wind drag, these ice cakes need not have a particularly large surface area if the ice is adequately thick, as the minimal friction allows the rocks to be moved by arbitrarily light winds.
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Items from the 50 crates and boxes being slowly unpacked at the museum include specialty knives for cutting Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, a dozen pastry tips, used to ice cakes and even a Ginsu knife, " just like anyone who watched TV and bought one, " said Green.
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Also, some bakers have now taken the liberty to offer king cakes for other holidays that immediately surround Mardi Gras season, such as green and red-icing king cakes for Christmas, red and pink-icing cakes for Valentine's Day, and green and white-icing cakes for St . Patrick's Day.
