Icing down food - Page 2

Pathfinder1 · 03-11-2012, 10:36 AM

Hi...

Ice houses also used to be common on these dairy farms. It would be a smaller building in thich they stored the ice that they harvested during the winter. The layers of ice blocks would be liberally covered with sawdust as an insulation, and this worked very well.

Larger ice house enterprises, working on the same principle, would supply the ice used in "ice boxes" (forerunner of the refrigerator), which were used by home owners and businesses.

Sawdust happens to be a good type of insulation...!!

Grandpa · 03-11-2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Pathfinder1

Hi...

Ice houses also used to be common on these dairy farms. It would be a smaller building in thich they stored the ice that they harvested during the winter. The layers of ice blocks would be liberally covered with sawdust as an insulation, and this worked very well.

Larger ice house enterprises, working on the same principle, would supply the ice used in "ice boxes" (forerunner of the refrigerator), which were used by home owners and businesses.

Sawdust happens to be a good type of insulation...!!

I still have my grandparents oak ice box. I loaded it up with ice one 4th of July weekend when all the kids were here with their families. That is where we kept the soda pop and milk. Even with the kids opening and closing the door all day for 4 days, the temp stayed about 45 degrees. In the mornings after the cool of the evening the temp would be about 38.

ppine · 03-12-2012, 10:50 PM

For serious cooling like a 14 day trip in the Grand Canyon, use dry ice and freeze your perishables along with the drinking water.

TroyS · 03-13-2012, 01:07 AM

The dry ice is a really good idea. Can you suggest any place where to get one?

ppine · 03-13-2012, 04:14 PM

TrpyS,
Some grocery stores carry it. Look in the phone book or internet google.

Grandpa · 03-13-2012, 04:21 PM

I recently read where people freeze their cans of beer before leaving to help with the ice situation. For longer trips, plan your menu and load your coolers according to which days the contents will be used. Then cinch strap the lids shut and duct tape the seam on the later to be used coolers.

I've always made the mistake of putting all the soda pop etc into one cooler but with this idea, you put a little in each cooler so that cooler isn't opened until its turn to be used.