"Tess" > wrote in message


>
> This is how it'll work - Drive to Atlanta, stop at the market tomorrow
> night, and spend that night in Atlanta before heading out the next day.
> Can I do this : take the steak ( which will not be frozen ), pop it into
> an icy cooler, and safely keep it overnight, and then the four additional
> hours to Charlotte the following day? I mean, so long as it's completely
> covered with ice the entire time?

Before the invention of the mechanical refrigerator, food was kept like that
all the time. Cold is cold. Only thing missing is the little light that
goes on when you open the fridge but you can fake that with a flashlight.
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Ed
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