Tag: clear ice
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I Got a Shout-Out on Netflix
A friend sent me the link otherwise I might never have known. There’s a show by America’s Test Kitchen called The Cocktail Lab. It was on YouTube but turns out it is also on Netflix. Basically they cite me as the person who figured out Directional Freezing – the process of making clear ice by…
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Make Clear Stars and Hearts Ice with Silicone Cupcake Liners
You can make clear ice cubes in a tray in a cooler by punching holes in the bottom of each cube compartment and setting the tray on a riser. This is described here. Most commercial clear ice cube trays work similarly. But cubes are not the only shape of clear ice you can make in…
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Eyeballs Inside Ice Balls – Halloween Ice
Another silly ice project in plenty of time for Halloween.
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Spiders and Insect Ice Balls for Halloween
I made some ice balls with spooky spiders and other insects frozen inside them.
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Directional Freezing, as a Patent Law Exam Question
Is, or was, Directional Freezing a patentable process for making clear ice? That question was proposed on a trademark class exam this winter.
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Making Clear Ice with the Clearly Frozen Ice Cube Tray
Testing out a new product that makes clear ice cubes using directional freezing, a process uncovered here on Alcademics.
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Ice Tips in Southwest Airlines Magazine
Southwest Air’s magazine features a method found here on Alcademics for making a clear ice ball and freezing objects inside it.
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Boiled Versus Rested Water Clarity with Directional Freezing: A Comparison
Can boiled water degas it? Or will gas become reabsorbed into water, thereby making just-as-cloudy ice in the directional freezing system.
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New Business Models for Large Format Cocktail Ice Providers
Large format cocktail ice providers have been around for a while, but now big cube/sphere/spear providers are branching out into new shapes, sizes, making machines, and pushing into retail.