Outdoor Food Safe Made From A Garbage Bag?

I recently discussed how we utilize the cold winter weather to store food outside. However, materials such as wood or plastic can be chewed through by animals. A storage cooler can be made from ice if a metal container is not available. I wanted to see if I could make a storage container from ice using only a large garbage bag or any piece of plastic. A garbage bag is very compact and available. I made a square trench in the snow, then layed the garbage bag inside and filled it up with water or melted snow. It took thirteen hours to harden into ice. The ice slabs were then squared with a knife, then assembled into a box shape. Finally, a lid was made to close it off. In conclusion, yes, it can be done, but it would take an incredible amount of time and effort, making it an unsuitable option unless you had the time. It was only an experiment. It's important to test these ideas in the backyard first The video demonstrates an experiment to create an outdoor food cache using only a garbage bag in cold winter conditions (0:56). The creator previously made an ice cooler using a Tupperware lid (0:09-0:33) and notes that thick ice can deter animals from chewing through storage (0:48-0:50). For this experiment, the process involved: Digging a trench in the snow, slightly smaller than the garbage bag, to create a mold (1:06-1:14). Laying the garbage bag in the trench and filling it with snow, then warm water with blue food coloring (1:57-2:30). The creator notes that in a wilderness situation, melting snow for water would be time-consuming (1:47-1:51). Allowing the water to freeze. Despite very cold temperatures (-27 Celsius), it took 13 hours for the ice slab to harden sufficiently (3:03-3:13). Carefully removing the ice slab from the bag (3:40-3:44) and trimming it (0:33-0:35). The creator plans to make more slabs to complete the cooler (4:46-4:50). In conclusion, while it is possible to make an ice food cache with just a garbage bag, it requires an "incredible amount of time and effort," making it an impractical option for a wilderness situation (4:52-5:05, 5:10). The video emphasizes that this was purely an experiment to test the idea (0:03-0:05).