Really? You are compelled to smash the ice cube tray against something hard enough to break it? TWIST IT.
fill cups up 1/3 with water. freeze. smash on counter. you now have ice cubes.
I'd do this, but I don't have good counters.
Really? You are compelled to smash the ice cube tray against something hard enough to break it? TWIST IT.
Get the silicone ones. I have some...I like them more for the fact that they make an actual cube than that they're silicone and easy to bend/twist/push.
Also, with the traditional plastic trays, rinse out any pieces of old broken cubes before refilling the tray, don't over-fill them (water from 1 cube shouldn't be overflowing into water from another cube) and fill them with warm water. For me, following that simple process has always resulted in cubes that don't break/shatter and pop right out of the tray very easily.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C008537/cool/freeze/freeze.htmlWarm water?
Boom. Roasted.you guys telling him to twist it are idiots.
this is TridenT. in order to twist it you have to have some strength...
Warm water?
Yep...I always use warm water. I would use Hot, but I don't want to have too much of an effect on the ambient temperature near the trays (causing other items to slightly defrost). Using warm water, my cubes always pop right out of the plastic trays. Using cold water, they tend to break/shatter. I don't know what, if any, scientific reason there is for this...try it yourself.
Ive never had a problem freezing cold water and never had a problem popping them out. I like big cubes and even fill all the trays up till they overflow into one another. Just twist the trays until the cubes pop out and no need to smash them. Wtf? The fact that there is a thread about this is just strange to me.
The reason for my skepticism about hot water is because I avoid drinking hot water or using it for cooking. If I have to boil water, I always start off with cold. Something about the water heater, the sediment that accumulates in it and the presence of an aluminum sacrificial anode in the tank makes me not want to drink it.
You're probably getting more shit from heating water in whatever container you use than the water heater in the basement...