Roll up cold beer or hot bottled coffee in your sleeping pad and cap both ends with some spare clothing. I have had pretty good results doing this. Of course all bets are off if your sleeping pad serves as the framesheet for your pack.
That works great. I also use my down jacket as my camp kitchen "cozy"… works way better than the cozy I made and tried using for awhile, much higher R value.
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