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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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DE88ROX
Explorer
Aug 24, 2016
RoyB wrote:
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...

Roy Ken


And too think i use rock salt to melt ice, and some us it to keep it from melting.

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