More like ice blocks!
Our refrigeration is made by Sea Frost, with two cold plates in the
freezer section - one for 12VDC and one for engine driven. We found the ice cube trays (I guess you
would call them trays) to be intriguing and were anxious to try them. They are hollow stainless vessels which are
filled with water, and then a divider with multiple block cutouts is inserted. They are then placed beside the cold plates
and secured by a metal rod. Once she was
back in the water we finally got the opportunity to experiment. So, as advertised, within 30 or so min of
putting the trays on the cold plate, we had ice! Okay, that is great but the other night J went
to make us a couple of cocktails (I have a FANTASTIC new mint/lime syrup which
I made to pour over fresh fruit, but it came out so good, we made slightly modified
mojitos out of it!) and we weren’t too sure how to go about getting them
out! The trays are solid stainless
steel, so it isn’t like you can just twist them out. So, in the moment we ran some hot water over
the trays, hoping it would dislodge them and eventually it did (but surely
there is some easier way, which I’m sure we’ll figure out!).
Next challenge was dislodging the actual ice
from the inserts (thankfully not as difficult as the initial extraction). Finally, we had our ice cube (yes, singular
as you only need one of these!).
By the time we both finished our cocktails, the cube had
barely melted! I guess that will come in
handy when we are cruising in hot climates, only need one per drink and they
will likely last multiple drinks!! :)
Update: J just did
some online reading on the Sea Frost ice trays…it appears we need to take the
ice trays out some time before intended imbibing of libations in order for it
to melt around the cubes so they will come out without such a fuss. So much for spontaneity L
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