Save Money on Ice

Don't buy ice. I am amazed at how much money is spent on people buying ice when it is something anyone can make ahead and have ready with a little planning. For block ice you can use an ice cream bucket and with the lid on it won't leak as it melts and spoil anything in the cooler. (At the gas bar I work at part time people pay $2.09 for a block of ice!) Ice cubes can also be made ahead and saved in an old ice cream tub in the freezer and will stay fresh there. - Submitted by Kerry We never buy ice for camping trips or picnics. Just save the plastic gallon milk jugs that you buy all the time anyway, fill them up with water, no caps and freeze! They last much longer than store ice. If you want ice pieces, bust it up with a hammer. If you just set them in your cooler as is, they can last as long as 4 days even in the summer. Don't forget to recycle the jugs when you're done even if you busted them up, they'll still take them. - Submitted by Kathleen