Sounds do-able.  How about just a pint inside an empty milk carton, fill and
freeze it. Better yet, fill it with fruit jiuce and you have sorbet and ice
cream.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Just had a brainstorm....what if I got a small 2 serving little plastic
> container, packed it with ice cream, put that container in bigger
> container, filled that with water, and froze the whole thing so as to
> encapsulate the inner container in a thick layer of ice (say about 1 inch
> thick or so)?
>
> Good enough for the first night out when packed in the cooler?  (My Vanagon
> has no refrigerator, just a plastic Coleman ice chest...which meets all my
> needs.)  Seems like it should work just fine.
>
> Just wondering if anybody has tried such a thing, or has any tips.  And to
> inspire others.  (Going to Anza Borrego Desert park (southern California)
> this weekend for the spring wildflowers, daytime temps 76 F, nighttime temps
> 50 F, new moon coming, lots of stars to watch)
>
> Rich
> San Diego
>