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So my first attempt at making my own crushed ice worked pretty well. I threw in a big mixing bowl full of water and then waited for it to freeze enough that the outside was ice but the inside still liquid so it would be possible to smash without using a sledgehammer. Broke it up into bigger chunks then threw the bigger chunks into a towel and pounded it with a meat mallet until it was what I think would be normal size for fishing purposes. Threw it all into a plastic bag and back into the freezer. I am worried that the crushed ice will solidify into one giant chunk again, I did my best to drain as much water from the ice bag as possible but it still felt a little bit like slush in the bottom. It gave me about ~4kg or 8lb of crushed ice, a second batch is on the way.
It's a pretty small (and bad) cooler so I think when the second batch is done I think I will be able to fill the entire thing with ice.
I didn't add any salt, mistake?