"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> cathy > wrote:
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>>>> I have several pounds of frozen bacon that I need to take with me on
>>>> cross-country trip that will take about 2-3 days.
>
> 1. buy a cooler (big, 50 gallon type)
> 2. Buy a lunchmate size cooler (little, like the kind kids take to school)
> 3. Put ice packs inside the little cooler, with the bacon _on the bottom_.
> 4. then put the little cooler inside the big cooler, and fill the big
> cooler with ice.
> 5. Make sure, over the course of your journey, that you drain out all the
> water from the big cooler and add more ice.
> 6. Finally, don't forget to wrap the big cooler in as many blankets as you
> can find. thermal insulation is good.
>
> this formula can keep meat frozen during eighty degree weather.
>
> Lena

Dry ice is available in many supermarkets. It is the best bet for
longer-term keeping of frozen items. Lacking that, insulation is more
important that ice. Ice equilibrates at 32 degrees, remember, and the frozen
food is likely to be at 10 or so when it comes out of the freezer, so the
ice will actually warm it up. Wrapping in many layers of newspaper works
well, then into a cooler.


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