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When I first saw these ice-cube (tube?) trays on Amazon, I KNEW they
reminded me of SOMETHING I had seen before. I thought a while, and then it hit me....THE LOOK JUST LIKE OLD-FASHIONED CANDLE-MOLDS! Now, I have never made candles myself...but I have seen, (as I guess every American school-child, past and present, has seen), pictures of women in the American Colonies, making candles from andle-molds. Every time I will use these, I thought excitedly, I could think of those long-off days of self-reliance, thrift, hope, and love...virtues far too overlooked in today's world. What a nice way to be reminded of these things -- and get some great ice-cubes, too!
Excitedly, I sent away for a tray, with visions of Pilgrim ladies filling my mind....
When it arrived, today, I noticed something I had neglected to see in the photo of the ice-cube tray: there was a BLUE BOTTOM to the tray, attached to it like a slim pedestal. I read the directions for using this ice-cube tray, and the "pedestal", (or coloured base), in using it....
The directions are:
1_ Press base into each individual tube. You will hear a "snap" sound as each tube seals
2_ Fill tubes 3/4 full with water
3_ Freeze
4_ Run coloured base under warm/hot water evenly for 45-60 seconds.
5_ Ice will slide out
6_ Store unused ice in an air-tight container
7_ Enjoy an "ice-cold" bottled beverage!
Well, maybe I don't have enough strength to re-attach the pedestal part to the main mold. All I know, is that after trying for a while, I heard hardly any "snaps" at all. When I filled the tubes, MOST stayed filled....but there was still a depressing
little stream of water coming from the bottom, of those molds that did not have a pedestal "out-cropping" fitted into them.
After 2 hours, I tried to get the ice-tubes out. Those that were full did come out, (from the bottom, not from the top!) -- but there was still a depressing thin sheet of ice, under where the tray had been, which is where the drippings from the water that did not go into some of the tube-molds went. I did manage to get about 10 ice-tubes, (out of 27 molds), out. They make fine, solid ice-tubes....but there has GOT to be an easier way!
And...guess what? There actually is! If you want to put ice into a sports bottle, or other narrow-necked container, USE THE CAMCO ICE-TRAY FOR SMALL REFRIGERATORS! I had bought some before & they are great! But, history-lover that I am, I couldn't resist these "candle-making" ice-cube trays. What a mistake!
As for this "Ice Tube Tray" ice-cube maker... Well, maybe I can use it as a pencil-holder or something....?
Looking carefully at the wrapping, I see that these trays are made by
"Ice Tubes, Inc. -- The 21st Century Ice Cube". I wonder if the manufacturers, too, thought of candle-making molds, when they made this design. Maybe it will work for someone stronger than I am....but as for me, they don't work at all. Was candle-making so ardurous a task as trying to make ice-tubes from these molds? Right now, I don't know. I do know, however, that these tubes are "Made In U.S.A."...., by IceTubes, Inc., ([...]), in Tallmage, Ohio, 44278. This, of course, makes any patriotic North American VERY happy, (as SO many things are sadly made in Communist China, today) -- but I only wish the trays worked --- er, worked better?
My suggestion here is to make the individual tubes with closed tops...(bottoms?), and to use the "base" only as a covering device. When the ice is molded, all one has to do is wait five minutes for the ice to unmold. Then put the finished tubes into an ice-bin, SHAKE, and IMMEDIATELY place in the freezer. Shaking will keep the tubes from sticking to each other. And making the ice-tube trays with CLOSED TOPS (bottoms?) will make the creating of these ice-tubes much easier.
Hope this idea will "hold water", Ice-Tubes, Inc. I really like the "candle-making design" of this ice-cube tray. Now, if it only make ice cubes easily!
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