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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: kitkatz on October 28, 2006, 08:27:34 PM
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My sister says I should write a book about the ice I have had, where I found it, and where the best dialysis chewing ice in town can be found. I love self serve soda machines. Especially the ones with the good crunchy ice in them.
So far: AM/PM where you can get your choice of crunchy ice or cubed ice. I usually make a mixed cup of both kinds of ice.
Gus' JR. restaurants that have crushed ice. Nice to get a full cup of ice and diet coke from them. Just pour the diet coke off the ice and you have tasty ice.
Walgreen's Drugstore for small ice cubes in the small bags. The big bags have ice that is not good chewing ice. Chunks are too big.
Stater Bros ice in big bags is too big to crunch on without breaking your teeth. You need a hammer to get this stuff into a cup.
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My unit has the best ice. Little squares. Just melts in ur mouth.
I don't know why everyone I come across in town thinks Sonic has the best ice. I think not, I hate there ice. YUCK ! ! !
I also like the ice that comes out of my moms fridge. The ice that comes out of my grams fridge tastes so bad. It use to be real good. So I don't know what changed. :'(
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I'll have to check out the ice around here.
I need to get into that iso having a glass of water.
Always craving something ice cold like popsicles.
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The only "dishonest" thing I do (that I know of) is when I go to a fast food place I ask for water and they give me a cup. I go over and get ice and a shot of root beer. I just want flavored ice but I don't want to pay $1.75 for it. I feel guilty though.
I love the ice at DaVita. Little balls of ice that melt when you bite down on them. They could sell that stuff. I shouldn't give them any ideas.
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The only "dishonest" thing I do (that I know of) is when I go to a fast food place I ask for water and they give me a cup. I go over and get ice and a shot of root beer. I just want flavored ice but I don't want to pay $1.75 for it. I feel guilty though.
I love the ice at DaVita. Little balls of ice that melt when you bite down on them. They could sell that stuff. I shouldn't give them any ideas.
You shouldn't feel guilty as a lot of pop gets wasted and a little shot doesn't cost any company any money and the ice is free! We didn't ask for Kidney Disease! I say the next time grab a shot with that in mind! Enjoy the little taste of heaven in our own personal hell we share Rerun! :beer1; :cuddle;
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They have the best ice at my dialysis unit. It's shaped like little tubes and it's almost like crushed ice formed into shapes, so it's not really hard.
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I love the shaved ice snow cones they sell in front of Home Depot, Does anyone know where i can buy a snow cone machine? :P
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I love the shaved ice snow cones they sell in front of Home Depot, Does anyone know where i can buy a snow cone machine? :P
Sure, Click Here (http://business.search.ebay.com/snow-cone-machine_Food-Service-Retail_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ11874)
or if you want a MUCH cheaper version Click Here (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SNOWCONE-MACHINE-SNOW-CONE-MAKER-Shaved-Ice-CART_W0QQitemZ160045085169QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20676QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Actually this doesn't look to bad, it's a great price too. I may order one myself.
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How about an old Snoopy Snow Cone Machine?
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OMG, I WON IT!!! Woohooo, now if i can begin to take donations to help pay for the darn thing, lol, can't believe i won it :clap; THANKS FOR THE LINK EPOMAN, SNOWCONES, COME TO MAMA ;) :clap;
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Uh oh sounds like Goofynina is on Ebay buying a snow cone machine!
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I bought this indurstial ice crusher. I don't like it. It is just little pieces of hard ice. For some reason I thought it would create little balls of soft ice. It is going in my next garage sale.
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I have been looking for an ice shaver or crusher where did you find it Rerun ?
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OMG, I WON IT!!! Woohooo, now if i can begin to take donations to help pay for the darn thing, lol, can't believe i won it :clap; THANKS FOR THE LINK EPOMAN, SNOWCONES, COME TO MAMA ;) :clap;
Snocone party at Goofynina's. :yahoo;
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I have been looking for an ice shaver or crusher where did you find it Rerun ?
The Brand name is Waring Pro but it sucks! I just did a search for ice crushers. The first one I got you had to turn a handle so they let me send it back and then I got this electric one. It is just not the same as the one at the center because it uses my ice cubes. The one at the center makes it own little tiny balls and I love it.
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OMG, I WON IT!!! Woohooo, now if i can begin to take donations to help pay for the darn thing, lol, can't believe i won it :clap; THANKS FOR THE LINK EPOMAN, SNOWCONES, COME TO MAMA ;) :clap;
Snocone party at Goofynina's. :yahoo;
Now the hard part, what flavors do i want?? Hmmmm, *thonks head* TEQUILA of course ;)
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Wow, my center doesn't even give us ice. >:( We have to bring our own.
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not tequila, goofynina, you have to use kahlua for that - especially those ready mix mudslide ones. . .
We used to have a store that sold New Orleans Snowcones and they had something like 50 flavor syrups. I used to get a mocha kahlua flavored one every day I was working. It wasn't actually alcoholic, thankfully, but ooooohhh so good.
I bet all those fancy flavorings you can get at the fancy coffee shops would make great snowcones.
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not tequila, goofynina, you have to use kahlua for that - especially those ready mix mudslide ones. . .
We used to have a store that sold New Orleans Snowcones and they had something like 50 flavor syrups. I used to get a mocha kahlua flavored one every day I was working. It wasn't actually alcoholic, thankfully, but ooooohhh so good.
I bet all those fancy flavorings you can get at the fancy coffee shops would make great snowcones.
Smart and Final has the yummy flavorings in larger sizes for a bargain.
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not tequila, goofynina, you have to use kahlua for that - especially those ready mix mudslide ones. . .
We used to have a store that sold New Orleans Snowcones and they had something like 50 flavor syrups. I used to get a mocha kahlua flavored one every day I was working. It wasn't actually alcoholic, thankfully, but ooooohhh so good.
I bet all those fancy flavorings you can get at the fancy coffee shops would make great snowcones.
Smart and Final has the yummy flavorings in larger sizes for a bargain.
Thanks Vandie, Smart and Final, here i come, (well, i guess i better wait until i get my machine huh) ::)
and i love the thought of the mudslide one, i cant wait :beer1; thanks jbeany
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I wanna get a bunch of syrups and use them in my ice at dialysis ;) hehe :yahoo;
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Hey Goofynina are we invited for snocones??? I will stop and Smart and Final and pick up a flavor. Now if I could just drive.
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gooynina - check this out. It says you can order samples!
http://www.snowballsupply.com/
I want to try blueberry cheesecake snowcones!
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Well, by the time your able to drive Kit, i should hopefully have my machine, i'd love to have ya ;)
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gooynina - check this out. It says you can order samples!
http://www.snowballsupply.com/
I want to try blueberry cheesecake snowcones!
Woah, the choices are awesome, but it doesnt say how or where to order..
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Hit where it says to "enter the site" at the top of the page. I wonder what flavor Spongebob is? Or Shrek? Hmmmmm.
You can order free samples, too! Awesome!
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under $2 US for a 4oz sample but to deliver to Canada it would be another $9 US at least :( Awww
I like the Root Beer Float (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=8) and Dreamsicle (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=3)!
.. wow Tootsie Roll (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=10) & Wedding Cake (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=11) ??
What the heck does Pimp Juice (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=7) taste like? lol
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under $2 US for a 4oz sample but to deliver to Canada it would be another $9 US at least :( Awww
I like the Root Beer Float (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=8) and Dreamsicle (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=3)!
.. wow Tootsie Roll (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=10) & Wedding Cake (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=11) ??
What the heck does Pimp Juice (http://www.wmcorporation.com/CompanyWebsites/snowballsupply.com/products.php?cat=12&pg=7) taste like? lol
They all sound yummy, but pimp juice just sounds wrong.
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Hit where it says to "enter the site" at the top of the page. I wonder what flavor Spongebob is? Or Shrek? Hmmmmm.
You can order free samples, too! Awesome!
Well duh, lol, damn do i feel stupid, thanks Kit :2thumbsup; ;) My order has been placed and now i sit and wait (licking my chops) ;) :clap;
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I've tried the ice in the last couple days and it tastes so good.
was thinking of sprinkling some crystal light or something on it.
Making tiny little cubes in my tray and that sorts of limits them cause
I have to wait for them to freeze. When I get out will look for
some crushed ice or cubed ice. My son/wife do have a snowcone maker
they got I think at Meijers. Maybe I should ask for one for Christmas.
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I bet all those fancy flavorings you can get at the fancy coffee shops would make great snowcones.
One of my friends was on a low carb diet and they had all those syrups in sugar free also. A company called DaVinci makes them and they're pretty good.
davincigourmet.com
but you can find them in retail stores sometimes.
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I have been looking for an ice shaver or crusher where did you find it Rerun ?
The Brand name is Waring Pro but it sucks! I just did a search for ice crushers. The first one I got you had to turn a handle so they let me send it back and then I got this electric one. It is just not the same as the one at the center because it uses my ice cubes. The one at the center makes it own little tiny balls and I love it.
I've been bringing my own plastic cups with lids to dialysis and filling them up with ice and taking them home. I get the large 20oz plastic clear cups and lids at Dunkin Donuts (ask for some when you go--if they're nice they'll give you a few when you buy a cup of coffee). I wait until the absolutely last minute before I leave and fill them up and put the lids on. There really isn't too much meltage on the way home (15 minutes) and when I get home I pour out the water and freeze it. Every 5 minutes go to the freezer and shake the cup to keep the balls apart. It comes out perfect! I LOVE ME ICE!!! I crave it! Somedays I'd rather eat and chew ice than food.......I've sprinkled Cyrstal Light over it also--or you can put a tiny bit of water on the bottom of the cup, put the Crystal Light in it and then fill it with ice then skae it a bit so the ice has all the flavor in it. I've also gotten some Coke syrup at the pharmacy and put that over ice to get that Coke flavor when I really crave it. Plus when I was little kid Coke syrup was used to make your stomach feel better, my mom put it over ice and it stopped neasua (SP)
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Those are really good ideas.
I have not noticed an ice machine at the center I go to.
Maybe I just missed it.
I'm having a friend pick me up a 2-liter diet ginger ale and I'm going to
see how that works for smal ice cubes also. I found I've drank lot less
fluid last couple days using small ice. Thanks for all the good ideas.
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I've tried the ice in the last couple days and it tastes so good.
was thinking of sprinkling some crystal light or something on it.
Crstal Light has some Phosphorus in it. Not sure how much but I remember I was gonna buy some until I saw that. Not as much as milk but since I have the hardest time with fluids I try to stick with non-Po4 drinks :P
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IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, I got my Snowcone Machine :clap; havent tried it out yet though, i am going to go get me some kind of syrup somewhere and i will let you all know tomorrow how it works k, then i can have ALL of you over for snowcones :2thumbsup;
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Plain ole Hershey's works, too! Yum, yum - sounds like fun!
I want a virtual snowcone, please!
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When I was a kid, we always had something in the pantry called "U-Bet" syrup...it came in chocolate, vanilla, and fruit flavors. We used it with seltzer to make eggcreams and flavored soda. Also great on ice cream.
Enjoy your "brainfreeze!!"
http://www.foxs-syrups.com/memories.php3
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:banghead; :banghead; :banghead; MY SNOWCONE MACHINE DOES NOT WORK :banghead; :banghead; :banghead; The seller at Ebay has been notified but in the meantime, i have all this ice, hubby even went to Smart and Final and picked me up some syrups and i cannot eat a freaken snowcone :banghead; :banghead; :banghead; :'( :'( :'(
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HEAR YE HEAR YE... GOOFYNINA IS NOW EATING HER FIRST HOMEMADE SNOWCONE MADE JUST FOR HER BY HER LOVING HUBBY (in the blender) lol, Believe it folks, we didnt even need to buy a Snowcone Machine, hubby blended the ice up in a blender and VOILA instant Snowcone... AYE YI YI :banghead; Now, i just wait to hear from the seller of that contraption and see where we go from here!
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Oh man, that sucks Goofynina. Hope you get your money back!
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I wish I would have read you post before I drove by a Garage Sale Today! I bought a Snow Cone Maker. It is a Frosty The Snowman one. It works better with little cubes of ice. The big cubes form to the shaver and you are done. Oh, well, it was $3.
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For those who have Sonic restaurants in your area, they sell ice pellets in 8 pound bags for around $1.49.
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Chili's Restaurant has good crunchy edible ice. The ice crunches nicely between your teeth without being to hard to crunch on.
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gooynina - check this out. It says you can order samples!
http://www.snowballsupply.com/
I want to try blueberry cheesecake snowcones!
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Worth the bump!
HEAR YE HEAR YE... GOOFYNINA IS NOW EATING HER FIRST HOMEMADE SNOWCONE MADE JUST FOR HER BY HER LOVING HUBBY (in the blender) lol, Believe it folks, we didnt even need to buy a Snowcone Machine, hubby blended the ice up in a blender and VOILA instant Snowcone... AYE YI YI :banghead; Now, i just wait to hear from the seller of that contraption and see where we go from here!
Goofynina, when you blended the ice, did you use tap water to make the ice (I hate the taste of my own tap water) or use bottled water? Did the blender have an "Ice" feature (a lot of them are advertising that feature now) or did you just blend normal (what setting??).
:thx;
Chili's Restaurant has good crunchy edible ice. The ice crunches nicely between your teeth without being to hard to crunch on.
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Holy crap Kitkatz we both thought this thread was worth bumping on the SAME day! lol
:2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
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Goofynina, when you blended the ice, did you use tap water to make the ice (I hate the taste of my own tap water) or use bottled water? Did the blender have an "Ice" feature (a lot of them are advertising that feature now) or did you just blend normal (what setting??).
My fridge has an ice maker with filtered water and my blender has an ice crusher button, :2thumbsup;
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Goofynina, when you blended the ice, did you use tap water to make the ice (I hate the taste of my own tap water) or use bottled water? Did the blender have an "Ice" feature (a lot of them are advertising that feature now) or did you just blend normal (what setting??).
My fridge has an ice maker with filtered water and my blender has an ice crusher button, :2thumbsup;
ooooh LUCKY! :beer1;
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I want an ice maker.
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They have the best ice at my dialysis unit. It's shaped like little tubes and it's almost like crushed ice formed into shapes, so it's not really hard.
When I bought a new refrigerator, I chose not to buy one with an icemaker. I wanted an icemaker, but didn't want to crawl under the house to install the plumbing. I saw that Home Depot had a Magic Chef brand countertop unit that required no plumbing. It makes a lot of ice, and makes the tube type cubes, in three sizes. I love it! :thumbup;
I sometimes bag it in 2 gallon ziplock freezer bags, so if I go somewhere, and want to fill an ice chest. I have several bags in the freezer.
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I saw that Home Depot had a Magic Chef brand countertop unit that required no plumbing. It makes a lot of ice, and makes the tube type cubes, in three sizes. I love it! :thumbup;
I sometimes bag it in 2 gallon ziplock freezer bags, so if I go somewhere, and want to fill an ice chest. I have several bags in the freezer.
Oh nice! I have a Home Depot right near me! Do you know what the price range was? Even though I am in Canada I will at least have an idea if I can afford it ;)
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How does it work? Does it hook up to the sink, or do you load it with water and it shoots out ice?
I would love one. Can you post a pic? Give us a model number and name?
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How does it work? Does it hook up to the sink, or do you load it with water and it shoots out ice?
I would love one. Can you post a pic? Give us a model number and name?
Here's one I saw at Kohl's webs9te for 189.00$ I WANT ONE!! :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
http://www.kohls.com/products/product_page_vanilla0.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=271387029&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=4698101&bmUID=1169633823681
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How does it work? Does it hook up to the sink, or do you load it with water and it shoots out ice?
I would love one. Can you post a pic? Give us a model number and name?
Here's one I saw at Kohl's webs9te for 189.00$ I WANT ONE!! :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup;
http://www.kohls.com/products/product_page_vanilla0.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=271387029&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=4698101&bmUID=1169633823681
That's the one! I have a plastic picher beside my icemaker. A light shows when you need to add water.
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Has anyone in the UK got an ice -crusher ? ,if you have, could you leave me details please. Seems like because we dont have long hot summers here we dont have the same sort of things that you have abroad! Got an ice -cube tray , but a big lump of ice in your mouth is just not the same ;)
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Use a blender to crush it. Or put a few cubes in a baggie and crush them with a meat tenderizor or something like it.
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Use a blender to crush it. Or put a few cubes in a baggie and crush them with a meat tenderizor or something like it.
Sandman bought me a blender that has the "ice crushing" button (just a speed setting really) but I find that the ice is so hard. Not soft like the ice in dialysis :( Any suggestions??
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i think the difference in hard and soft ice is how many minerals are in the water-I have a well and my well ice is cloudy and soft-but if i use bottled water it is clear and very hard.
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i think the difference in hard and soft ice is how many minerals are in the water-I have a well and my well ice is cloudy and soft-but if i use bottled water it is clear and very hard.
I was thinking of using bottled water. Figured it wouldn't be as hard as my tap water. But now that you said that I am wondering ... so bottled water is hard water?? :( What about if I bought one of those tap filters??
How can I get softer water without access to the building's water heater??
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Dude, I want the ice machine maker! What fun!
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Yeah i have thought about trying to break up ice cubes , but not really what i am after. We have a drink over here called a slush and the ice is really soft , then a fruit flavour is poured over it , thats the sort of thing i am after!
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Yeah i have thought about trying to break up ice cubes , but not really what i am after. We have a drink over here called a slush and the ice is really soft , then a fruit flavour is poured over it , thats the sort of thing i am after!
Yes YES YES!!! That is what I am after too! But without going to the local 7-11 and buying a Slushee!! They are too large and sometimes are made with pop with Phosphate :( I want my own ice that is like a Slushee at home!!
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The ice from my countertop icemaker is clear and somewhat hard when it is first frozen. The ice falls in a wire basket. It isn't refridgerated, it's insulated like an ice chest, so as it melts, the water is recycled and makes new ice. The old ice becomes cloudy and is soft. Perfect to crunch on!
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I was thinking of using bottled water. Figured it wouldn't be as hard as my tap water. But now that you said that I am wondering ... so bottled water is hard water?? What about if I bought one of those tap filters??
How can I get softer water without access to the building's water heater??
I think you have it backwards--the water that comes out of my well- its 'hard' water--even though its what makes the softer ice-its full of minerals,its actually sulfur water if you know what that is, you can actually smell the iron and sulfur..
water that goes through our filtration system is treated with chlorine,run through charcol-then goes through an osmosis filter to become 'soft' water which makes the hardest ice.
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as I read these replies, I think of a song I knew word for word when I was in high school
Vanilla Ice , "Ice Ice Baby" :D
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I have well water that is horrible.
It is black sulphur. Smells bad, tastes bad.
Always buy water. Have had to replace copper plumbing with plastic.
I replace things often that water goes thru. It is terrible!
Has broken down water equiopment, softeners, chlorinators, etc.
I'd like to have a portable ice maker as I don't use one from fridge
because of the lousy water.
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My latest addiction - half frozen ice cubes from my freezer. I like them when the air bubble is still moving in the unfrozen water inside the cube, but there's enough ice on the outside to hold it all together until I bite down. Then there is a wonderful gush of icy water around all the shards on my tongue.
Ahhh, I'm so tired of being denied the simplest things.
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I was thinking of using bottled water. Figured it wouldn't be as hard as my tap water. But now that you said that I am wondering ... so bottled water is hard water?? What about if I bought one of those tap filters??
How can I get softer water without access to the building's water heater??
I think you have it backwards--the water that comes out of my well- its 'hard' water--even though its what makes the softer ice-its full of minerals,its actually sulfur water if you know what that is, you can actually smell the iron and sulfur..
water that goes through our filtration system is treated with chlorine,run through charcol-then goes through an osmosis filter to become 'soft' water which makes the hardest ice.
Well all I know is my water is hard and tastes like shit :( and when we made ice using my new blender it was hard to chew and nothing like the ice at my dialysis center. I live in a city of 200,000 people so water here comes from the Detriot River which is very poluted and goes through a water treatment plant and then into our pipes.
Ahhh, I'm so tired of being denied the simplest things.
Me too! Especially when summer times comes here!!