Big cubes rule

as a blender use, i agree

3DSMax users cannot comprehend the big cube
As Borg, we agree.

Long and thin ice cubes (ice rectangles?) that fit into bottles >>>

Spears. I think you are thinking of ice spears.
- Man I can’t keep up with all the new music stars’ names
- Is that what kids are calling icicles nowadays?
Until you tilt it back for a nice refreshing gulp and accidentally deepthroat frosty the snowman.
Pebbled ice is nicer imo, but it really depends on the drink
- Agreed. I work from home and drink ice water all day. My countertop ice maker just shit the bed after a valiant three years of daily bullet ice production. But it was cheap, and hard to clean. I think I may pull the trigger on a nugget/pebble ice maker next due to its cleaning setup and because I think pebbled ice is much nicer.

I wish I could enjoy silicone ice molds, but I swear every time I try them I can taste the silicone.

I got a metal ice cube tray and while it is a bit of a pain to use (it has two seperate pieces, the tray bottom and a grid attached to an arm and hinge to break the ice out, but good luck getting it all back together without removing all the ice), my ice just tastes like ice. It's better than the silicone molds but also the older plastic molds. I used to notice ice would get an off taste if left in the tray for long but now that never happens.
I'm convinced at this point that plastic has no business being in contact with things we consume. I'm curious if my attempts to reduce/avoid it have had any impact on how much microplastics have ended up in my brain lol.
Edit: the metal tray in the meme looks like it would be very frustrating to use.
Edit2: nm that's not even metal, just another plastic one
- Same tbh. I can taste it in my water if I use a plastic water bottle on a hot day.... So it makes me think it probably does the same to food. Honestly it shocks me how readily people are willing to use plastic when heating up food
- The stainless steel ones are totally worth. Worth getting a large lewis bag to store them in too imo

I need the big trays, they’re how I store surplus soups and sauces. Small cubes would be impractical for anything with chunks and be more of a pain to portion.

I do the same to portion homemade sauces and such. I have a silicone cupcake tray where each cup is 1/2 cup of liquid. So I fill and freeze it and pop them all out into a baggie to keep frozen till I need them. Then I can make super quick dinner by grabbing a couple of pucks from the freezer and warming it up to go on pasta and grilled chicken.
you freeze soup?
- You don't?
- Soup cubes to be nuked
- Freezing soup is fine, but not in fucking ice cube trays.

"amateur" - me slamming an entire north american glacier in my cup

GOBIG
OR GOHOME
Global warming means they filly fit.

small cubes exist?????

Two different purposes 😁 small ones for quickly cooling a drink, big ones for keeping it cool longer ❤️

those big ones go deep, but the little ones can be quite effective at tickling a fancy

My ice cube trays are what I'd call one of the platonic ideals of ice cube trays. White molded plastic, ability to stack with one another without touching the water so they don't freeze together, and you get to twist it to make the ice unstuck. Also vaguely bad at the job.

got an image? very curious to see what stackable look like
- Stackable!
- There's a few styles, here's one from Walmart, they're super cheap. Style I'm familiar with has these sort of notched feet to ensure they stay together but without touching the ice.

Sphere ice rules:

It's kinda cool to use spherical ice, but it doesn't use freezer space efficiently.
- My rebuttal is since there's spheres the contact point between "cubes" it prevents massive ice chunks from forming.

Good luck filling the small cube one and not getting water everywhere

exaaactly, I fricking hate filling the small one

my freezer makes semicircle ones

Disagree! Give me crunchable ice any day