Food Storage

[P. Clodius Secundus]

I did make a "cooler" box, it is a styrofoam cooler mailing package that I built a box around.

I have not painted it yet, someday..........

Very similar to the one I made for my CivWar reenacting. I use it for Roman as well. A few years ago, part of my day job was receiving shipments of frozen ingredients for our biopharma process. They came packed in several sizes of shipping containers along with gel-ice packs and special blocks called Frigid Bricks. I saved a bunch to make into coolers. The sides and top are made with re-sawn pine boards to keep the whole thing lighter to carry. They work great! Very sturdy. We've used it as a table, chair, and step stool. Currently it's serving as a limber chest for my ballista base until a bigger chest can be built. I load it up with frozen bottles of water or juiceboxes, toss in a few freezer packs and some frozen venison. Then fill up a linen bag with some onions, garlic, and other durable staples. Lastly I stop at the Polish Deli for some smoked sausage to hang from my furca and I'm ready to go for the weekend. Come to think of it, a macrame netting bag like we use for Julia's canteens would come in handy for the the vegetables.