So, you can’t buy ice in the supermarkets here; I guess this makes sense, when you live on a glacier.
This occurred to me today as I was rummaging in a drawer full of phone books, string, tape, a Danish manual for the washing machine which I’m sure holds the answer to many of my questions about an appliance that is seriously a mystery to me (the washing machine deserves its own post, suffice to say every time I turn it on, it sounds like a space shuttle is taking off in my apartment), etc from past residents of my little blue house, and anyways, I found these:
It’s a plastic bag that you fill up with water, then you put it in the freezer so it becomes this:
I’m unclear as to why they do not just have ice trays, but thought this was really cool, until I realized it’s way less environmentally friendly than an old ice tray. I’ll see if they sell our style ice trays at the supermarket, but if they don’t I think there is an import opportunity here.
On the subject of “Cool Stuff that We Don’t Have at Home”, most houses are equipped with two kitchen appliances that I have never seen in even the most complete American kitchens (that’s you, Helen). A machine that makes regular water fizzy and one that is like an electric kettle but for milk, so you don’t have to fool around with the steam nozzle on a coffee machine. I want both: export opportunity.
Oh, they do sell the soda thing in the US: http://www.sodastreamusa.com:80/default.aspx but I can’t find the steamer online; I’ll get a picture next time I’m at my neighbors’. Stay tuned – this could transform your coffee 
