What Kind of Ice Cube Trays Do You Have?
By freak369
@freak369 (5113)
United States
June 16, 2007 12:34am CST
Until a few months ago I had an ice cube maker. When it died I was lost! I had to drag out my old ice cube trays and go back to the old school method of making ice cubes. From time to time I will buy a bag of ice but most of the time I just suck it up and use plastic ice cube trays.
There are a lot of different ice trays on the market. Silicone, sport versions and the old plastic ones that eventually crack. I am using the Rubbermaid ones now and really like them. What kind do you use? Any tricks on getting the most from your ice cube trays?
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10 responses
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
16 Jun 07
i've got hard plastic and soft plastic ones-they've held up pretty good,but they probably will break sooner or later.
we used to use these aluminum ones that had a lever piece in it-you pulled it back when it froze and it popped all the cubes out.i'm not sure how old that was,but i'd guess 1940 at least.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
16 Jun 07
we still have one that i know of-i'm not sure what happened to the second,i think the lever broke.
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@hollystyles (23)
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16 Jun 07
I have a yellow rubber one. It makes star shaped ice. I like it because the rubber makes it easier to get the ice out and it never breaks. The hard plastic ones are not flexible enough and often split after a short amount of time.
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@Luckykid_Rishi (424)
• India
16 Jun 07
I have ice cube trays of square shape cubes. These cubes are wide from upside but they are narrow from downwards. I have also an ice tray in which cubes are small in size but they are perfect cubes in shape. I think small cubes shape tray is relatively gud bcz we can easily fill those ice cubes in our water bottles.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
17 Jun 07
Hahaha, That is funny that you started this discussion. As My ice cube machine in my fridge quick making ice. I loooked and couldn't find any ice cubes trays. I figured I must have given them away. So what I have done is take a empty milk jug. make sure it gets completely cleaned out. Fill it will water, than freeze it. After it is frozen. I break up the ice to smaller pieces. Breal open the jug and pour the ice into my old ice tray that goes to the ice maker that quit working.
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@koikoikoi (1246)
• United States
16 Jun 07
Well I don't have ice cube trays. My fridge makes them automatically. But I did use to make them old skool style style. It was somewhat painful sice I wasn't use to it.
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@CRNbread101 (143)
• United States
16 Jun 07
I finally have a freezer that actually makes the ice! I've always relied on the plastic ones you have to fill with water. I don't use them but I am thinking about getting one or two and filling it with kool aid. If you put a toothpick in it just before it's done freezing, it makes a good little treat! I like the trays that make small circular ice. I just rely on the freezer's ice maker at the moment
@eachen2002 (889)
• United States
17 Jun 07
I just use the regular ice trays.There good enough and they make the right amount for me.I know there alot of different ones I could have.
@arunbongale (144)
• India
17 Jun 07
Really I donot have any ICE cube trays. I use bowles to make the ICE.
@paychecks (104)
• United States
16 Jun 07
I use the oldschool plastic ice cube trays that you fill up and put in the freezer. I do not think there are any special tricks or techniques for getting the most out of your ice cube tray. I think that is a bizarre question. Ice cube trays are self explanatory you fill them up and put them in the freezer.
