Vintage Ice Trays

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February 5th, 2009 admin Leave a comment Go to comments

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Do you remember the metal ice trays with the handles?

This Seniors' section got me to reminiscing about "the old days," and I happened to think about the old types of metal ice trays that had a handle to pull to get the ice out. I remember that you had to run water over the bottom to loosen the ice before you pulled the handle; else the ice would come out in cracks and pieces.

I did a search on the Web and came across these items for sale in ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-OF-6-VINTAGE-METAL-ICE-TRAYS_W0QQitemZ280166366520QQihZ018QQcategoryZ82QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

These are what I remember having. (I won't place a bid, though, because the site says it will cost $10.00 to ship them -- and the opening bid is only $0.99! Duh!)

I had thought about trying to find some, as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to twist those plastic trays to pop out the ice -- and THEY also seem to break the ice lately. Maybe my water is too hard?

Has anybody seen any vintage ice trays around?

Remember them, my heavens, all I need to do is open my freezer and there they are. I still use mine. My darn ice-maker never has worked right. Always making loud noises and ice never the right size. The ones I have are made of a heavy duty metal tray that's ice blue in color and has a metal grate that has "Coldspot" written on the handle. That was the name of the refrigerator we had back in the 60's. They make the perfect sized BIG ice cubes, not those half-moon shape ones that melt in minutes after putting them into your drink. Couldn't live without them!