Recipes and Reviews

I find the trickling cold water trick works as well as the ice chest version, at least in the winter when the cold water comes out of the tap really cold. I fill the sink with cold water so that it is near the level of the stock in the pot. I set the drain to a slow leak and put the pot over the drain. Then I set the faucet so it trickles cold water in as far from the drain as possible.

I'll have to set up an experiment sometime to see which works best,

There is no doubt that the rock salt and ice will get it to a colder temperature, but I think the trickling water gets it down to a working temperature faster.

Of course we could always drop chunks of dry ice into the stock and let it off-gas the CO2.