How to Make Ice Cubes

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Because sometimes the internet really does need a recipe for this.

Prep time: 10 seconds
Freeze time: 4-6 hours (patience required)
Yield: However many cubes your tray holds. Revolutionary, I know.

Ingredients:

• Water

Instructions:

1. Take an ice cube tray out of whatever cabinet you’ve shoved it into.
2. Fill it with water. Not to the very top, unless you enjoy a mess in your freezer.
3. Place tray in freezer. On a flat surface. Carrying it sideways is how you end up doing this twice.
4. Wait. This is the hardest part. Resist the urge to check on it every ten minutes.
5. After 4-6 hours, remove tray. Twist gently or run warm water on the bottom if cubes are stuck.
6. Enjoy your ice. You did it.

Notes:

Yes, this really is just water and a freezer. No, I’m not sorry.

If you don’t have a tray, a zip-top bag works in a pinch. Lay it flat in the freezer so you don’t end up with one giant ice block shaped like regret.

Useless But Fun Science Fact:
Salt actually lowers the freezing point of water, which is why it melts ice on sidewalks. So if you added salt to your ice cube tray thinking you were being clever, congratulations, you just made it harder to freeze. Stick to plain water for cubes. Save the salt for the sidewalk, or the rim of something more interesting.