Ice Chest -- has anyone ever tried this?

K Charles wrote:
On of the village buildings... Came from my home town just a few miles from where I grew up.

Me too

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On of the village buildings... Came from my home town just a few miles from where I grew up.

Me too

Use "rock salt" not table salt. It does work. Be careful as you can freeze whatever is in the ice chest.

If you live close to the ocean, stop and get the cooler filled with snow ice from a fish boat landing site. Lasts forever just don't use it in your drinks.
BTC

How do you think they made ICE CREAM in days of old before my Granddad built freezers.... In fact they still sell those old ice and salt ice cream makers.

Short story: Went to an "Event" (Festival type) one of the vendors was Grandma's Home Made Ice Cream" (Was good too) next to the consession trailer was an old ice cream maker.

Hit and miss gas engine turned the "Crank" and of course it used ice and rock salt,,, I think it was about 5 gallons.

Folks (Who had never seen a hit/miss engine) were saying it sounded like it was not running right, or running out of fuel... Sounded 100% to me (And to it's owner) but then... I am occasionally known as John from Detroit,,, Detroit is border to border with Dearborn,, Home of the the Edison Institute, (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village) I used to have a "Friends" pass (Annual pass). and have visited often.. On of the village buildings... Came from my home town just a few miles from where I grew up.

Gets them cooler quicker, doesn't necessarily keep them cooler longer

happybooker1 wrote:
Planning on having a dedicated large ice chest for drinks only. Has anyone ever tried salting the ice to get/ keep the drinks colder?

We've done it at home to chill wine quickly.