I always wondered what the point of using a picnic basket for picnics was since a backpack seemed more practical. It turns out the modern replica baskets aren't insulated like the old ones and like a cooler is. Pretty neat.
There is one thing that my Grandfather taught me about keeping cold water on the tractor in the summertime and that was he had a gallon glass jug wrapped in what was like a quilt wit a canvas cover . He would fill it in the morning with cold water and would soak the cover well , and told me to stop and soak the cover every few hours . Later that day I got thirsty and took a drink of water that was probably 42F ... it was as cold as the water straight from the well . Later he explained that he learned it from his father in the 1920's . I use quilted covers on my single wall ss water bottles when I camp and in the winter keep the cover dry and fill with hot water especially just before bed to use to warm my blankets and have some water not frozen in the morning.
7:41 next video: using Mason jars and twine to access natures fridge: the creek. It cracks me up that fellow backpackers ask “HOW did you get cold Cokes up here?” My secret? A couple synthetic mesh poke sacks, some bank line and a rock. Bring along a couple well sealing Tupperware containers and you’re eating crisp salad, cold condiments and scrambling fresh eggs. There’s a trick for leaving every type of bag of Mountain House crap where it belongs: on the store shelf. After slogging up a mountain all day you deserve fresh, real food
6:29 there’s ice and then there’s ICE. For years I thought that once water was frozen that was that. Not so. Ask anyone who has worked as a Hawaiian shaved ice vendor. Man I HATED making shaved ice. And back when I had to make them we had machines that spun blocks of ice over a blade. We packed the “ice snow” by hand into paper cones. Then poured god-awful flavored syrups on top. Anyhow when the ice first came out of the industrial freezers in the mornings it was so rock hard the blocks would fly over the blades and cleave nothing into the cones. Zero. Those blocks of ice were the size of Cool Whip bowls. Frozen to a hard, cloudy white, impenetrable steel. It required minimum 45 minutes before a block would shave even slightly. Ideally 120 minutes sitting on a concrete floor would make the best blocks for shaving. On a hot day with zero insulation it required 4-6 hours to melt a block to water. With sawdust one would have lasted until sundown. When I see people shaving an ice block with a scraper in old movies? I always think “serves you right; you should have been a bank robber”
Yeah just rolled penny saver sheets up. These look even light be hard get lite and stay lite. They thick guess best straight off off set the layers paper make a wick
Those are interesting and information is scarce although the Smithsonian has an aritcle. I should add it would be fun to make from a picnic basket.
I always wondered what the point of using a picnic basket for picnics was since a backpack seemed more practical. It turns out the modern replica baskets aren't insulated like the old ones and like a cooler is. Pretty neat.
There is one thing that my Grandfather taught me about keeping cold water on the tractor in the summertime and that was he had a gallon glass jug wrapped in what was like a quilt wit a canvas cover . He would fill it in the morning with cold water and would soak the cover well , and told me to stop and soak the cover every few hours . Later that day I got thirsty and took a drink of water that was probably 42F ... it was as cold as the water straight from the well . Later he explained that he learned it from his father in the 1920's . I use quilted covers on my single wall ss water bottles when I camp and in the winter keep the cover dry and fill with hot water especially just before bed to use to warm my blankets and have some water not frozen in the morning.
Mr. Dyer, Thanks for talking about Grandpa's secret to keeping things hot and or cold. Very Interesting and Happy Trails at your Squirrel Camp!
7:41 next video: using Mason jars and twine to access natures fridge: the creek. It cracks me up that fellow backpackers ask “HOW did you get cold Cokes up here?” My secret? A couple synthetic mesh poke sacks, some bank line and a rock. Bring along a couple well sealing Tupperware containers and you’re eating crisp salad, cold condiments and scrambling fresh eggs. There’s a trick for leaving every type of bag of Mountain House crap where it belongs: on the store shelf. After slogging up a mountain all day you deserve fresh, real food
That was interesting thanks
6:29 there’s ice and then there’s ICE. For years I thought that once water was frozen that was that. Not so. Ask anyone who has worked as a Hawaiian shaved ice vendor. Man I HATED making shaved ice. And back when I had to make them we had machines that spun blocks of ice over a blade. We packed the “ice snow” by hand into paper cones. Then poured god-awful flavored syrups on top. Anyhow when the ice first came out of the industrial freezers in the mornings it was so rock hard the blocks would fly over the blades and cleave nothing into the cones. Zero. Those blocks of ice were the size of Cool Whip bowls. Frozen to a hard, cloudy white, impenetrable steel. It required minimum 45 minutes before a block would shave even slightly. Ideally 120 minutes sitting on a concrete floor would make the best blocks for shaving. On a hot day with zero insulation it required 4-6 hours to melt a block to water. With sawdust one would have lasted until sundown. When I see people shaving an ice block with a scraper in old movies? I always think “serves you right; you should have been a bank robber”
That's where the term icebox came from
Uhm not related video. Question: what do you think of the 'fire bug' fire starter (diy) that in Boy Scout manual?
Think make some leave couple as stated manual then try improve rest good paper water proof starter.
Yeah just rolled penny saver sheets up. These look even light be hard get lite and stay lite. They thick guess best straight off off set the layers paper make a wick