# Ice-cube tray question... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 28, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239 "2002-07-28T15:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/21 "2002-09-29T05:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I forgot my username \* > \*\* > [sarcasm]Does anyone have a recipe for hot water?[/sarcasm] \*\* There used to be a magnet on my refrigerator that said “Boiling Water” and then had detailed instructions for how to boil water. You ask a silly question, you get a silly answer ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/22 "2002-09-29T06:22:32Z")
I don’t just answer questions, I offer [solutions](https://www.oxo.com/catalog/index.html). Even better than Tupperware. 😉 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/23 "2002-09-29T06:24:55Z")
Heck, I guess you gotta plug in “ice cube tray”. ---
**Author:** ![bbeaty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@bbeaty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbeaty)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/24 "2002-09-29T23:12:57Z")
> [@](#): > > now if someone could get me the name of the iceman in japan, that makes this ice that is absolutly crystal clear and musical, i’d be in ice heaven. This sounds like iceberg ice. A few years ago I remember seeing an article about someone flying in iceberg (or glacier?) ice to Japan because it was a current fad. As it melts it supposedly makes pinging and crackling sound as tiny high-pressure gas bubbles are released. Sort of like “pop rocks”, but with ice and air rather than hard sugar and carbon dioxide. I wonder if someone in Japan made a “high pressure” ice machine which creates arificial iceberg ice? And about the OP, maybe the top surface of the water needs to cool fast for some reason (and the lower tray would see some room-temp water right above it, and cool slowly. Try placing something between the trays? I wonder what THREE trays would do, if the middle tray was left empty. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/25 "2002-09-30T00:03:43Z")
i don’t think there was an iceberg involved. this man made rectangular “logs” of ice, that when sliced sounded like crystal glasses being played. when placed in a glass and a beverage poured, the ice would produce various tones. like a song in your glass. the iceman was one of the national treasures of japan. i believe that he sold his ice in kyoto. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/26 "2002-09-30T06:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Listen, all you smartasses, there is SO a recipe for ice cubes. \*\* …now if I could only figure out what to add to this package of powdered water… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/27 "2002-09-30T23:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > …now if I could only figure out what to add to this package of powdered water… Faerie’s breath, of course. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/28 "2002-09-30T23:54:44Z")
Are these trays designed to stack? Are they naturally spaced out? If not, I suggest trying to raise the top one slightly. Exactly why, I leave to the Perfect Master. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/29 "2002-10-01T00:08:42Z")
The tupperware ice cube tray is pretty righteous but then again I am a complete kitchen gadget slut. The sluttiest. I don’t know which is worse, the Calphalon, the Braun hand blender or the goddamn potato ricer. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/30 "2002-10-01T02:12:58Z")
But Tupperware is _sooo_ last week, **Padeye**. And I’ll match you gadget for gadget any day. Betcha don’t got a Whirlypop. 😃 mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/31 "2002-10-01T13:31:40Z")
Okay, spill. What’s a Whirlypop. Oh, and I just ordered metal icecube trays for my dad from that site. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/32 "2002-10-01T13:44:47Z")
I’ve seen this problem, and my WAG is that it’s actually related to how long the ice has been frozen–the lower one is harder to get out because it’s been in there for a day or two longer. So, whenever I fill a new tray, I put it in at the bottom of the stack so the trays are being constantly rotated out. Also, this prevents water from the new tray from dripping into the previously-frozen ones. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239/33 "2002-10-02T00:17:46Z")
[whirlypop](http://www.gevalia.com/gevalia/catalog/product_detail.jsp?PROD_ID=3978) I got mine at Bed Bath and Beyond for 25 bucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cube-tray-question/121239.md?page=1)