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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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DrewE
Explorer II
Aug 24, 2016
Rock salt is the same stuff chemically as table salt (sodium chloride), just not as pure and having a more coarse texture. Table salt also works fine for ice cream making (though it's rather expensive).

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