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_DJ_1
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2016

To drain or not to drain? Another ice chest question.

So do you drain or not? I do not. It seems to me the ice lasts longer in ice water than exposed to air. I have not tested it tho as I don't have 2 identical ice chests and doing one way at a time w...
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RoyB
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2016
X2 on the Salt - I remember dad using that when making hand crank ice cream. Seems to me it was something special however for the salt - Rock Salt comes to mind - Not table salt...

My job way back then was to sit on top of ice cream maker while Dad and the older boys would crank away...

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