I’m losing my mind over this. XD
When I was growing up, my parents had ice cube trays made of solid plastic, with trapezoid shape so the cubes pop out when you twist it. Those trays lasted through my entire childhood and worked great. I want to buy ones like that (either made of thick plastic like that or metal that’s flexible enough to twist like that). But I’ve never seen them in stores, and after scouring the internet I can’t find any like that online either. Everything looks like the same sorts of flimsy materials that I know will break quickly, or is square metal so the cubes won’t pop out like that. Does anyone know where I can find trays like that?
I’ve never had an issue with ice cubes fracturing in the twist trays if they’re trapezoid shaped, since it just makes them pop up when they’re squeezed by the angled walls. The newer ones I’ve seen that are rounded instead have a lot more issues, though.
For me, the trick with the metal trays is to just very gently heat them to release any of the ice from sticking to the sides. Once that’s done, they come out very cleanly. Zero fracturing or fragmenting. It’s beautiful.