Eerie's Witch's Brew

[Jennifer Piersol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley"
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> 
> > Add ginger ale and about a 1 pound piece of dry ice (DO
> > NOT put small pieces in punch or cups): ice should smolder at 
> least 30
> > minutes. Ladle into cups. Add any remaining ice when bubbling 
> ceases.
> > Creator/contributor's comments:
> > 
> > A SERIOUS CAUTION: never touch dry ice: use tongs to handle.
> 
> Dry ice?  I'm notorious for just not seeing things in front of my 
> face, but I didn't think one could just buy dry ice in shops.  How 
> do you get it?  How do you keep it?
> 
> David

Well, I'm not sure how it works in the UK, but personally, I have a
large supermarket in my area that will sell me dry ice.  All I do is
go in the day I want to use it, buy a 5lb chunk, they put it in a few
paper bags for me (since it doesn't "melt", it "sublimes" - per my
husband the chemistry teacher), and I drive it home.  If you don't use
it right away, it'll get a little smaller, but it'll probably last you
a long time, depending on how big your chunk is.

So... maybe call a few markets/delis/fish markets and ask if they'll
sell you some?

-Jen