Today's Tip ~ Weds, July 6, 2011 (daughter, kids, great, life) - Other Topics - City-Data Forum

PJSaturn · 07-05-2011, 09:52 PM

Happy hump day, kids! Scroll on down
and chill out with Today's Tip!

ICE CUBES TASTE BAD?

Food can transfer odors and tastes to ice. Even food in the refrigerator compartment can transfer an odor or taste to the freezer, causing bad tasting ice.

There are several conditions that can cause an odor or taste in your ice:

Open food containers or spilled foods.
Low ice usage. Old or stale ice will absorb food odors. If you haven't used your ice for a while, replace it with fresh cubes.
Bad water supply. Sulfur, algae, minerals, salt, etc. in the water supply can cause bad tasting ice.
Old water filter. If you have a water filtration system, the filter should be replaced as recommended by the manufacturer.

wit-nit · 07-05-2011, 11:59 PM

As in real life we must filter out all the bad...good tip, and timely too, since this is the month for me to change the filter in the back of the fridge.

SATX56 · 07-06-2011, 12:06 AM

Yeah the filter in front of our fridge is about 30 bucks or so... they saw us coming!

Maggi07 · 07-06-2011, 05:50 AM

Time for me to change our filter, too! Why are those darn things so expensive?

ylisa7 · 07-06-2011, 05:55 AM

Thanks Pam.

I don't use much ice and I keep it in a sealed plastic bag in the freezer. Every month

or so I have to dump the ice and make some new ice.

I hear you about the filters...so expensive. I am fine with having no ice maker. But I do have to replace my vacuum filter

GloryB · 07-06-2011, 05:58 AM

I didn't even know a fridge HAD a filter.

Bella52 · 07-06-2011, 05:58 AM

Just changed my filter about a month ago. After we changed it my ice maker broke and had to get that fixed. I'm thinking another scam by the manufacturer

Caligula1 · 07-06-2011, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryB

I didn't even know a fridge HAD a filter.

Me either.. Good thing I harldy ever use ice except for a water bath to cool large amounts of foods..

cityflair · 07-06-2011, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryB

I didn't even know a fridge HAD a filter.

Oh! I knew that, but I kind of "forgot!" Maybe I should do that sometime... My daughter is having a lemonade stand at our garage sale this week. We will be sure to have good-tasting, clean ice!

JustJoy · 07-06-2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GloryB

I didn't even know a fridge HAD a filter.

Neither did I

Great tip, Pam!