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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 13:25:31 GMT
Been watching an interesting series on yootoob about a recreation of an Edwardian farm. There's a bit about how to make ice-cream...but apparently adding salt to ice lowers the temperature through chemical reaction. Maybe of interest to those with power-hungry fridges on board.
The segment starts at 43:17.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 7, 2021 14:14:32 GMT
You do the same sort of thing when you are removing the sediment from home made sparkling wine (store upside down so the sediment ends up sitting on the cork Pack neck in ice, add salt. When wine in neck freezes, remove cork, ice plug keeps pressure in but moves up the neck slightly, scrape off sediment and re-cork.) simples  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 14:35:59 GMT
Been watching an interesting series on yootoob about a recreation of an Edwardian farm. There's a bit about how to make ice-cream...but apparently adding salt to ice lowers the temperature through chemical reaction. Maybe of interest to those with power-hungry fridges on board. The segment starts at 43:17. I can feel a new vocation coming on- I should set up an ice-and-salt delivery boat for all the luddite boaters who dont run fridges. I know of at least one likely customer on the Thames  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 14:42:12 GMT
I've been running a small compressor cool box for a while now. Handy device.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 14:50:53 GMT
My thoughts were along the lines of power conservation. If you have a fridge / freezer, its more efficient to run the freezer part if it has stuff in it rather than not - thus, if you have spare space it would seem to make sense to make some ice. It seems you can use it to cool the fridge too. Might come in useful if you have a leccy shortage.
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Post by patty on Mar 7, 2021 15:50:06 GMT
You do the same sort of thing when you are removing the sediment from home made sparkling wine (store upside down so the sediment ends up sitting on the cork Pack neck in ice, add salt. When wine in neck freezes, remove cork, ice plug keeps pressure in but moves up the neck slightly, scrape off sediment and re-cork.) simples that don't sound simples to me...... |
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Post by Jim on Mar 7, 2021 15:50:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 17:29:36 GMT
You do the same sort of thing when you are removing the sediment from home made sparkling wine (store upside down so the sediment ends up sitting on the cork Pack neck in ice, add salt. When wine in neck freezes, remove cork, ice plug keeps pressure in but moves up the neck slightly, scrape off sediment and re-cork.) simples that don't sound simples to me...... sounds like a recipe for disaster to me - says he with experience of home brew bottled lager going pop all over the bloody place 😢🧐🤦🏼♂️ |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 18:03:23 GMT
A proper no volts fridge  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 21:41:03 GMT
To make home made ice cream keep a slab of marble in the freezer, at home, then pour cream and fruit syrup thinly, scrape off with pastry scraper.
Eat while still frozen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2021 21:43:43 GMT
I kept my home made red wine in storage in the loft, there were lots of red stains in the ceiling after the summer of 72
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Post by patty on Mar 8, 2021 10:36:33 GMT
I kept my home made red wine in storage in the loft, there were lots of red stains in the ceiling after the summer of 72 there are lots of red wine stains along my blind as I pull it down at night and place opened bottle of vino in front cos then I don't have to walk to kitchen to refill.... I need a new blind(thinking red this time) as I wouldn't want the kids to think their mum is a drinker |
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Post by airedaleman on Mar 8, 2021 10:44:15 GMT
A proper no volts fridge When we first started boating in the dark ages we had a fridge? that was basically a block of polystyrene with a hollow in the top that you put water in. The idea was that the evaporation of the water would cool the inside. Can’t say it was any good put it came with our first boat. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2021 11:00:41 GMT
I used one of the VW things once. It wouldn't make beer cold but it did a fair job of keeping milk and cheese for longer than it ordinarily would if it were left out. The hotter the day, the colder it became, although its consumption of water also rose so it needed more attention.
I was intrigued by the action of adding salt to ice to lower the temperature. As I said, it could be a good dodge if things go wrong or maybe a way of making your improvised party beer cooler (bucket of water and ice) a bit more efficient.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Mar 8, 2021 15:55:35 GMT
Salt is good stuff. Add copious amounts of it to most meats and fishes, probably other things to...no need for a fridge. I only have a small fridge with tiny freezer box so I preserve my fishing baits (mackerel, sand eels, ragworm, mussels) in this way. It's not just for animal food, salted cod is very popular in some European countries.
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