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I read in Can raw eggs be frozen? that you can freeze eeg whites and use them later.

I saw this suggestion about using an ice tray to make frozen egg white cubes (which makes it easier later on when you want to use a few eeg whites out of a frozen batch).

My problem is, the frozen cubes won't come out of the ice tray! They seem to expand or for some reason stick to the tray very hard. I needed to melt them by running the back of the tray under hot water to get them out.

Obviously I can't use any oil or anything like that in the tray to prevent sticking.
Any suggestions?

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    I think you answered your own question. Anything you use will freeze and not let go. I get the egg whites out by dipping the tray in warm water for a second. You should post your warm water solution as the answer and accept your own answer. :) – Sobachatina Jan 18 '12 at 17:42
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    Isn't this normal? My water ice cubes don't come out of the tray either if I don't run hot water. Unless I am using a silicone mold of course, but it seems that yours is of the normal, hard variety. – rumtscho Jan 18 '12 at 17:44
  • Really! I have always used plastic trays and if you twist or bend them they let go of the water ice cubes, or sometimes I need to tap the back with a spoon or something! – Ali Jan 18 '12 at 17:52
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    @rumtscho completely depends on the ice cube trays. More expensive ones seem to release *a lot*. Just a slight twist of the frame causes them all to 'pop' out. On cheap ones, I've had to resort to hot water. – rfusca Jan 18 '12 at 18:49
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    @rfusca- that's true for ice but I've never had a cube tray let go of frozen egg whites. – Sobachatina Jan 18 '12 at 23:49
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    @rfusca A simple twist works fine for $5 ice trays from Target. I do notice that older trays that have been over-twisted don't release very well, at which point I just buy new ones – Davy8 Jan 19 '12 at 01:18
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    @Davy 8 5 dollars *is* the more expensive ones. Walmart has a 3 for 2 dollars or something that are *terrible* – rfusca Jan 19 '12 at 02:07
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    @Sob - ya, I was just addressing rum's comment. If you're going to do egg whites much, try silicone. – rfusca Jan 19 '12 at 02:08

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So to sum up, so far, we have:

  • use a silicon tray, there should be no problems there.
  • put the tray in warm water for a short while and they would let go.
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