[Ryan]

As good a place for this as any:

I've been playing around with different molds for making large ice cubes, so far I haven't liked any of them. All the ones I can find are silicone and leave odd residue while also absorbing every last smell in your fridge. They're not a real solution.

Last night I filled two small tupperware containers halfway with distilled water and placed them in the freezer, lid on. Roughly 2.5"x2.5"x1", shallow being the key.

This evening I had great success turning those into large ice cubes. Run cold tap water on the outside of the tupperware, then dunk a paring knife in water just off boil for a few seconds. Once it's hot, score the ice. Try to get a good groove.

Then, either with an ice pick or just using the point of the paring knife, place the point in the groove and tap from above until the ice breaks along the score. Voila, large, clear ice cubes! Perfect for whiskey.

You don't quite get *cubes* out of this but they're close enough and (IMO) much better than the silicone molds.