Ice Cubes

What? Frozen water? Why Not Put It Into Cubes?

by Rickard Andersson (rickard@softlab.se)
written 11 Apr 1995

This article is classified "Real"


One of the big problems you as a hitchhiker can be faced with, are how to
chill down the drink you most likely will drink when you are mingling with
the local habitants at parties.  The solution to this problem is just as
simple as most other problems are after you have heard about the solution.

You just put some cubes of frozen water in the drink.  That's it!

Not very technical and quite cheap according too recent studies.  The
drinks become more tasteful, this is also noted by the same studies.  To be
sure the study was correct, some experienced people used to drink things
with or without ice cubes, performed a few practical tests.  These test was
conducted during a long...

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..concluding that ice cubes can make many drinks taste better and look more
appetizing for the eye.  Sometimes the ice cubes are crushed before they
are put into drinks.

A cheap way to get your hands on ice cubes to your drinks, is to travel to
the parts of Earth that produces ice naturally.  These parts might not be
the first choice for an inexperienced hitchhiker, which tends to hang out in
a warmer climate.  For the hitchhikers that prefers to do the research in
warmer places, a refrigerator with a freezing compartment or a freeze comes
in handy.  With these fantastic machines the talented hitchhikers can make
their very own ice cubes.

Just put water (preferable fresh) into some sort of box, why not choose an
ice box.  Make sure the temperature inside the freeze is lower than zero
degrees Celsius, so that the water can transform into ice cubes.  Wait for
as long as it takes for the water to freeze.  Open the freeze and take out
the ice cubes.  Now you can put your ice cubes into drinks or for fun
inside some friend's shirt.

If somebody wants to put ice cubes in your drink, don't be alarmed that the
drink will be ruined.  It will be just as drinkable with frozen water in it,
as long as the water was fresh before the freezing process.  Watch out for
signs saying ice unsafe here at parties.

This sign is of course more common to see around lakes, so at parties you
can count on the ice to be quite unsafe if this sign appears.

Here is a tip on how you can make your ice cubes look a good deal better.
Put fruits in the water and let it freeze into nicely looking ice cubes.
For example you can freeze a strawberry in water and then put the resulting
ice cube in a glass of champagne.  Beware of using raisin for this trick;
the ice cubes don't look any appetizing with a frozen raisin in it.

Lastly the topic of ice cubes in whiskey (a.k.a. having the whiskey on the
rocks).  Some people think that ice cubes and whiskey mixes together
perfectly.  While other says that whiskey shouldn't be mix with anything,
especially not ice cubes.  For myself I think a touch of cold water can
add flavour to most brands of whiskey.

See also:
  • Water

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