/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5550984]

I just can't get used to the idea that euros don't like ice in their drinks.
Its so refreshing and unless you let your drink sit for half an hour, it doesn't actually get watered down.

Do they just not make high quality ice?
I heard on here once that it hurts their teeth somehow?

Its a mystery to me.

[Anonymous No.5550989]

>high quality ice

what does this even mean

nevermind this whole thread is retarded OP delete it while you still have the chance

[Anonymous No.5550998]

>>5550989
American ice machines have reverse osmosis filters.
Then they heat the water to almost boiling before it goes into the freezing chamber.
This gets rid if all dissolved gasses and also employs the mpemba effect.

[Anonymous No.5551007]

>>5550984
I'm Canadian and I don't get ice because I finish my drink before the ice becomes relevant in the cooling process and I get more to drink.

[Anonymous No.5551012]

>>5551007
Just use a bigger glass.

[Anonymous No.5551013]

>>5550989
"fancy ice" is the clear stuff used mainly in higher end restaurants and bars

[Anonymous No.5551023]

>>5550989
Whole thread is retarded eh?
Well at least now you know that not all ice is the same.

You learned something new today anon.
From a retarded thread.

[Anonymous No.5551061]

Can you imagine cold tea with no ice?
How do they into summer tea?

[Anonymous No.5551770]

I don't get ice because the sound it makes drives me bonkers.

[Anonymous No.5551775]

>>5551061
>cold tea

Absolutely disgusting.

[Anonymous No.5552328]

>>5550984
The US is way warmer than Europe.

Also: No Prohibition Fuckery.

[Anonymous No.5552372]

I can't stand water without ice. I usually fill my bottle entirely with ice and add water as it melts and I drink it. No chewing of the cubes though or my girlfriend kills me.

[Anonymous No.5552375]

I ate at a restaurant today and they put ice in my water. While I didn't want the ice, I didn't bitch about it either.

[Anonymous No.5552378]

Also, what's worse: loud eaters or people that way over react to loud eaters?

[Anonymous No.5552429]

>>5550984
It's because the tap water isn't safe to drink in Europe. I thought everybody knew this...

[Anonymous No.5552442]

This board really is the dumbest fucking place on 4chan

[Anonymous No.5553042]

>>5552429
People say the same shit about Mexico, and a lot of Mexicans don't like ice in thier drinks. But that reasoning is wrong.
If you live in a place where water you don't drink the tap water, for whatever reason, you will not make ice with tap water either.
A lot of Mexicans think that too cold drinks are bad for your health.

[Anonymous No.5553077]

same with chinese citizens and desserts...most generally dont like cold deserts

[Anonymous No.5553090]

>>5550998
>high quality ice
just shut up and go to bed before you embarrass yourself further.

[Anonymous No.5553127]

Not even a Euro, but I can't do ice in drinks because it just hurts my teeth/throat. Cold in general does.

[Anonymous No.5553128]

>>5553127
then youve either been brushing too hard or not enough

[Anonymous No.5553132]

>>5553128
While my tooth brushing habits have not been consistent through my life (though luckily my oral health basically has) I've never noticed any correlation between that and cold sensitivity, which seems to have been there forever.

[Anonymous No.5553209]

>>5553090
Do some research if you do not believe me anon.
Not all ice is the same quality

[Anonymous No.5553273]

>euros don't like ice in their drinks

Don't know where that idea came from, typically you will get ice in your drinks, just not as much as in the US. If I see that much ice in a glass I think they're trying to cheat me out of product heh

[Anonymous No.5553732]

>>5553273
The ice should fill the glass completely before any liquid goes in

[Anonymous No.5553742]

>>5550984
>high quality ice

It's actually pretty easy, it isn't hot here all year, so nobody uses fridges with ice cube makers

[Anonymous No.5553750]

>>5553742
Pretty sure European restaurants have normal ice machines with no r/o and no heated water.

[Anonymous No.5553827]

>>5550984
Water is best for the body at room temperature
Drinking ice water is disturbing for the human organism especially while having a meal, as is any cold beverage.

[Anonymous No.5553835]

>>5550984

In EUropoor, they serve drinks in tiny glasses with 3-4 cubes of ice. And charge you for each refill. It's fucking stupid

[Anonymous No.5553865]

>>5550984
>let your drink sit for half an hour
>it doesn't actually get watered down.

except it does.

[Anonymous No.5553878]

>>5553742
Most small high-end cocktail bars in Finland order their ice so they don't need to invest in expensive ice machine.

[Anonymous No.5553881]

>>5553865
Yes in half an hour it will but in five min it won't.

[Anonymous No.5553882]

>>5553865
>unless

[Anonymous No.5553897]

>>5553882
Unless what?
If your drink is already chilled, and you pour it over ice , it will not get watered down.
Also a glass filled with ice will experience the same meltage as a glass with only two cubes.

You gain nothing by skimping on the ice.

[Anonymous No.5553905]

>>5553897
>it will not get watered down.

except it does.

[Anonymous No.5553938]

>>5553905
Drink it faster.

[Anonymous No.5553946]

>>5552429
sure it is in most euro contries

[Anonymous No.5554020]

>buying mass-produced "high quality" ice
>not exclusively using ice from the summit of mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, mined by the sole surviving native ice merchant, which is then wrapped in organic hay, carried to town on the back of a donkey and then shipped across the Atlantic by plane before it melts

Fucking Americans, how pleb can you get?

[Anonymous No.5554039]

>>5552429
That depends on where you are.

For example, my experience with tapwater in poorfag French Belgium was it being brown.

In the Netherlands on the other hand, it is safer to drink than pure H2O, the only chemicals in it are to prevent death by water intoxication.

Yet another example is Italy, very clear water. However, tapwater in large areas of Italy has higher amounts of calcium in it which might cause kidney stones among some people.

And tapwater in Iceland is basically mineral water anyway, Safe to drink for anybody not allergic to trace amounts of sulphur.

[Anonymous No.5554041]

>>5551770
Haha i love that sound

[Anonymous No.5554046]

>>5550984
Generally I don't want to down my drink, so it does get watered down.

Fridge cold is plenty cold enough, and our tap water comes out cold.

[Anonymous No.5554054]

We don't having ice in Poland. Someone was losing recipe.

[Anonymous No.5554115]

>>5554046
If you drink so slowly that your beverage gets watered down by ice, it would have been room temperature anyway without the ice.

Do you see how slow drinking screws you either way?

[Anonymous No.5554121]

>>5554115
B-but I like beverages at room temperature.

[Anonymous No.5554122]

>>5550984
>Do they just not make high quality ice?
Icemakers use tap water, and their tap water is 3rd world quality in much of the continent, even in cities. This is why bottled water is so popular.
>I heard on here once that it hurts their teeth somehow?
If ice hurts your teeth, you have hot/cold sensitivity, and gum disease exposing dentin and/or untreated caries.

[Anonymous No.5554129]

>>5554122
So really they just need to invest in american ice makers.
A good one is 30k but would pay for itself if you had the only place to get good ice.

[Anonymous No.5554132]

>>5550984
Euros don't like ice in their drinks?

[Anonymous No.5554135]

>>5551007
It's cold there anyway. I doubt you need ice.

[Anonymous No.5554137]

>>5554129
They need to invest in dental care for once if their teeth hurt from ice in a drink

[Anonymous No.5554138]

>>5552372
>No chewing of the cubes though or my girlfriend kills me
Why?

[Anonymous No.5554141]

>>5554132
I dunno. I spent a lot of time in Germany and they have a law about getting the exact amount of liquid you're paying for. If you order a soda you're getting like .3 liters and it says that on the menu and all the glasses have little measuring marks on them so you know you're getting the right amount.
I just assumed that the ice would be displacing the liquid, which is unacceptable. You're also not allowed to serve a beer in a glass with the name of a different beer on it.

They take their beverages really seriously.

[Anonymous No.5554142]

Am I the only one who likes my drinks a little watered down?

[Anonymous No.5554151]

>>5554141
Woah, Germany. I did not know that.

I think I know someone who doesn't get ice with their drinks so they can get the exact amount of liquid they're paying for. But they also ask for another glass with ice.

[Anonymous No.5554153]

>>5554141
What about cocktails?
Do they only ever have them up?
What a terrible system.

[Anonymous No.5554159]

>>5553077
My mom always needs to have boiled water.
It needs to be hot and boiled.
If it's a hot day, then boiled water cooled to room temp.

I'm like ??? this isn't China. You came over when you were 3 years old too.

[Anonymous No.5554201]

>>5554159
She is removing disloved gasses.
Tastes much better that way.

[Anonymous No.5554207]

>>5554153
You can measure with jiggers and shit if you want, although it slows everything down if you're a volume bar

I personally think jiggers look cool. some ginza bars at least use them

[Anonymous No.5554218]

>>5553827
If by disturbing you mean it burns more calories cooling the liquid down, sure. Otherwise you're an idiot.

[Anonymous No.5554220]

>>5553905
You're a fucking retard with no reading comprehension skills.

[Anonymous No.5554224]

>>5554207
There is no need to be racist just talking about drinks!

[Anonymous No.5554228]

>>5550984
Finlandfag here.
I only get ices on my drink if it's from tap since those are allready so watered down that little extra water dont really do much. Canned on the other hand...

[Anonymous No.5554234]

>>5554224
I said, "don't serve them two jiggers".

[Anonymous No.5554250]

Personally I like the (secular)Turkish method of cooling my drinks.

[Anonymous No.5554301]

>>5554142
Yes.

[Anonymous No.5554312]

Do Northern Statians have ice in their drinks? What about Canadians? What's the point?

[Anonymous No.5554317]

>>5554301
Bollocks.
Most commercial beverages are way too sweet to consume straight.
Sodas or juices are much better with a little water and lots of ice.

[Anonymous No.5554319]

Euro here
What the fuck are you on about OP
Why are you creating this false dichotomy that generalizes yogibears as not liking ice? You a gay nigga

[Anonymous No.5554325]

>>5554250
whats the religious method?

[Anonymous No.5554328]

>>5554301
>Yes
Ok ;_;

>>5554317
>Most commercial beverages are way too sweet to consume straight.
>Sodas or juices are much better with a little water and lots of ice.
Yes, this. I don't really like overly sweet things, and regular sweetness to some taste a bit too sweet for me, so I often like my ice to water down my drinks. I don't drink soda a lot, but whenever I get Sprite I make sure I add lots of ice and water it down to the right level of sweetness I prefer.

[Anonymous No.5554331]

>>5554325
No alcohol.

It's a Raki glass.

[Anonymous No.5554338]

>>5554319
I heard you guy only put a few cubes at best.
Also small glasses.

[Anonymous No.5554347]

>>5554338
Who gives a shit


I don't know maybe it's cause everything is enjoyed here, not over saturated and super sized

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOOOOOUGH

[Anonymous No.5554376]

>>5550984

Because it dilutes the drink.

[Anonymous No.5554423]

>american
>ice hurts my teeth
>drink two-six pots of hot tea a day, no milk, no sugar
>drink beer and liquor straight, room temp
>room gets 85 f
>tastes fine to me
>better than cold beer
>drink room temperature water
>have cold water once and wanted to throw up

[Anonymous No.5554486]

are you retarded?
here in every bar they serve drinks with ice.
everyfucking were, we even drink coffe with ince on summer.
on the other hand i went to a american restaurant and they put tons of ice.
what's the point? if it's soda the drink gets too watery and tastes like shit.
you have to finish it fast and then get another one if you're thirsty.
no wonder why murica is so fucking fat

[Anonymous No.5554547]

>>5550984
Where the fuck did you hear that Euros don't like ice in our drinks you fucking moron?

[Anonymous No.5554566]

>live in the US for year
>first day at new apartment
>open tap to fill pot to make pasta
>smell of chlorine fills the apartment
>water gets boiling
>by now, the apartment smells like a public swimming pool

Hell, even the ice cubes gave off that metallic chlorine taste. No wonder Americans rank among the sickest nations in the world ://

[Anonymous No.5554571]

>>5554566
le lying hard yuropoor/10

[Anonymous No.5554577]

>>5554571
I liked Kentucky for the most part but the water and the bread was rancid.

[Anonymous No.5554584]

>>5554566

>antibacterial substance widely available
>somehow contributing to illness

[Anonymous No.5554593]

>>5554584
Antibiotics also wipe out your immune system, leaving you open to repeat infection.

[Anonymous No.5554595]

>>5554141
>You're also not allowed to serve a beer in a glass with the name of a different beer on it.
wat

[Anonymous No.5554598]

Fun Fact: The whole "your drink needs to be close to freezing for you to enjoy it" started to prevent American consumers complaining about changing beverage recipes. Basically they replaced high quality ingredients with shittier but cheaper ones and made up for the loss of flavor with ice cubes and marketed it as "the new thing"-

[Anonymous No.5554607]

>>5554577
Holy shit THANK YOU.

I live in Southern KY and the tap water is fucking disgusting, although I live in a fairly rural area. Always have filtration. I can't stand the metallic taste.

[Anonymous No.5554609]

>>5554595
Grundligkeit, it has its ups and downs.

More ups than downs though..

[Anonymous No.5554613]

>>5554609
Gründlichkeit, du Untermensch.

[Anonymous No.5554615]

>>5554598
Can you stop with your 'fun fact' reddit tier lameness please?

[Anonymous No.5554622]

>>5554615

[Anonymous No.5554641]

>>5554613
Sorry, Dutch here, not Deutsch.

[None !OPIATE9fy. No.5554643]

I put ice in my drink even if it will be consumed within 2 minutes

the only other way to make it that cold would be to let it sit in the freezer for a bit and would take some timing to keep it from freezing

[Anonymous No.5554673]

>>5554641
I take the Untermensch back then. Bedankt.

[Anonymous No.5554963]

While I normally prefer my drinks without ice, there are some sodas that aren't very good at all unless cold.

[Anonymous No.5556066]

>>5550984
>I just can't get used to the idea that euros don't like ice in their drinks.
It's not really that they don't like it, it's that they can't afford it. Refrigeration costs money, and because of carbon taxes it costs a lot more money in Europe, and they're poorer anyway, so it ends up being "Do I pay for ice, or do I get to eat a pathetic lunch consisting of some shitty cheese and a dried-up husk of bread?"

This is usually followed up by "Fuck it, I'll just torch some cars and throw rocks at the cops. Save the planet! Death to the oppressors!"

[Anonymous No.5556085]

>>5556066

You just went 11/10. Faggot of the day award to you.

[Anonymous No.5556086]

>>5554153
I never thought to notice. But I'm pretty sure in the near 5 years in Germany I never was a served any ice. Ever.
>>5554595
They don't fuck with their beer. They serve it in a blank glass or a glass with the name of the beer their serving, it's illegal to serve a Lowenbrau in a Erdinger glass, though I've seen it done once or twice.
Then you have the Reinheitsgebot.

[Anonymous No.5556096]

>>5554595

..aaand another retarded myth born by taking things out of context. Most German pubs have a contract with a brewery where the brewery supplies beer glasses, sun shades and stuff with their logo on it. The pub is then bound by this private contract to use these glasses only with that beer, that's all there is. It's not a law. Actually I'd assume there are similar contracts in the US/all over..

[Anonymous No.5556099]

>>5556086
> I'm pretty sure in the near 5 years in Germany I never was a served any ice. Ever.

Best. Weed. Evar?

[Anonymous No.5556106]

Americans are actually on one extreme side of the spectrum when it comes to drink temperatures. In China, for example, many people just flat-out refuse to drink cold drinks.

Europe, as always, is comfortably in the middle. Sometimes a drink is better ice-cold, but most of the time, it doesn't significantly affect how enjoyable it is. Chilled is fine.

[Anonymous No.5556110]

I think, American fridges do not have the same cooling power as fridges from other countries. That's why they need to buy ice from the gas station on the side. It's the only way to actually cool down your drink there.

[Anonymous No.5556117]

>>5554622
>http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/transcript/544/Fat-Fighters

I want to stop reading, but I can't.

[Anonymous No.5556121]

>>5556110
Americucks. I pity them

[Anonymous No.5556122]

> travel to the us
> notice tap water tastes like chlorine
> don't drink tap water
> eating out
> get a drink with ice cubes
> chlorine

fucking disgusting, if you can smell the chlorine you ain't doing it right.

[Anonymous No.5556195]

>>5554141

Pretty sure this is all the same for the UK too

[Anonymous No.5556199]

>>5556096
Danke.

[Anonymous No.5556209]

>>5550984
Are they too poor for ice?
>yes, they are