Abstract: A cooler is described including at least one combination ice pack and canteen. A container with a dispensing opening is partially filled with water, frozen, and then placed in the cooler along with cooler contents. The ice in the container maintains the cooler contents at a reduced temperature, so that the container serves as an ice pack. Melt-water resulting from melting of the ice while the container is in the cooler may be dispensed as drinking water, so that the container also serves as a canteen. A preferred combination ice pack and canteen comprises a flexible, substantially water-tight bag with an integral, flexible, re-sealable pour spout. The bag is partially filled and preferably arranged in a substantially flattened shape for freezing. Two such flattened ice packs may be placed above and below, or on either side of, the cooler contents.

Abstract: A spiral potato slicer is described herein comprising: a base; a carriage mounted on the base which may slide longitudinally along the base; a motor mounted on the carriage; a longitudinal threaded shaft connected to the motor, rotated by the motor, having a thread pitch of greater than about ten threads per inch, and having at least one stripped segment for limiting longitudinal motion of the shaft during rotation; a threaded shaft-engaging means mounted on the base and requiring a force applied by a user to maintain engagement of the threaded shaft; potato engaging means mounted on the second end of the shaft; and a radial cutting blade mounted on the base near the end of the base closest to the potato engaging means on the shaft. The combination of rotary and longitudinal motion produced by rotation of the threaded shaft results in slicing of the potato into a substantially continuous spiral sheet as the potato encounters the radial cutting blade.