can you kill bacteria by freezing? or just boiling?

Actually we buy distilled water. but we boiled our water sometimes when we forgot to buy. but my concern is what the use of buying distilled water or boiling our tap water if you go to your neighbor and buy ice cubes..

how will you drink the water if you freeze it! Boiling is much better.

I'm sorry I don't get you this time. What to you mean? that we drink freeze water? I'm mix up with your question but I will try my best to answer it. ..... If your referring to this. We don't freeze up our water.. Yes we put it in a Refrigerator. But not to freeze it just to make it cold. .. We buy ice cube from our neighbor because were saving our refrigerator space. Rather put an ice cube on it we rather want to buy ice cube. .. Then why put ice cube when the water is cold? .. We do put ice on it to maintain the coolness. .. As you know opening and closing the refrigerator door makes the thermostat work over time..and its means more electric consumption and result to high electric bill. .. And also if my brother go to work. He bring his own water. that why he buy ice to keep his water cool. .. Did I answer your you? thanks.

That's good, its better to have safe family. We don't know when bad things happen. Its better if we just been prepared.

Apologies for not taking into considerations such scenarios. You are right about it. I shall tried to make sure my family changed to using boiled water for ice cubes. Thank you for sharing

So you agree with my brother ha? lolz. Where only buying ice cubes from our neighbor.. That's why. We don't make our own ice cube because of refrigerator space. We rather use the space for food storage than for ice. Beside its much cheaper to buy ice cube and to make one.

Thanks..Its funny cause this forum is an extension of me and my brother talking (arguing) about freezing and boiling point. 50 percents says its wrong 50 percents says yes its true..lolz..I'm back to square one. Can anybody give me a proof so that I can decide what is the real deal..

Thanks..but I don't agree with the 60 degrees..Even it state more than 60 degrees. I thinks its more than 80 degrees and 10 to 30 minutes of boiling just to be safe. .... yeah I believe that freezing point makes bacteria dormant only.. But if you try to read my post the 50% of the upper thread believes that freezing point do kills bacteria..

Thank you. Its been awhile since this post have a visitor. Your response give me hope that this thread will comeback again. .. Yeah I also believe that. Heat is still much effective than cold.

Your right. Bacteria only go dormant when its cold..the best way really is to boil the water 10 to 15 minutes just to be safe. Also buy distilled water . I think its much cheaper if you compute the price of the gas and the time you spend on boiling water. Its much comfortable to think that you drink distilled water than a water that has been frozen for 8 hours. ............ About food..Just wondering.. If you put hot food in the freezer why do they spoil? Why do we need to lower the food temperature to room level before putting it to freezer? We have also that rules in our house. Cause if you put a hot food in the freezer it will spoil..

That's new, I don't know about that nurse, but.. What do ice got to do with your iron level? Its still water only in minus degree Celsius. I think that nurse is only teasing you. .......... Yeah me to..for me boiling is the best way to kill bacteria.. But if freezing is effective as some of this thread says..then its also good method.

Can I have a unanimous answer please..lolz.. I thought at first when I post this thread that I can have a unanimous answer. But now I'm quite more intrigue. Almost a 50-50 yes or no answer. If I use the probability with percentage of error. Its only means that theirs a 50% chance that my brother is correct also..lolz.

Thanks..Very informative. I learn something from you today. Where talking about food and bacteria..Can I add a question? How about vinegar? do vinegar kills bacteria? Some food are preserved using vinegar..

Yeah..but theirs also some who agree that freezing point do kill bacteria.. And if the ice cubes stay in the freezer about two to three hours compare to 10 to 15 minutes boiling time. I don't know really..If only you all have unanimous answers I can happily show them this thread. But some also believe that freezing point do kill bacteria so if theirs a possibility theirs a way..

Thank you. If you don't mind can you help me out? I just want to have some scientific proof that freezing do kills bacteria. Or is it just your assumption? Cause majority says it does not kill, but minority says that it can be done..I need unanimous answer on this. Theirs only one scientific answer to this one. Cause I already answer each and single one of you. Thanking for your comments.. But I still don't know if my brother is correct or not.lolz

Thanks. I also like boiling. I feel safe if we boiled our drinking water especially if its a tap water. My problem is what the point of boiling the water if you buy ice cube from your neighbor who uses only tap water when making ice cube. But my brother insist that ice cube is bacteria free because of freezing point.

Yeah..So you mean that my brother is also true ha? In his own argumental way.. I can't deny a fact that almost 50% says yes and 50% says no. Even in my own forum the answer is divided..lolz. I guess its safer that we boiled our water but I can't argue with him when he uses ice..grrrr

Thank you. It just nice that somebody agree with me in this..Cause its hard to explain it here in our house..lolz.. That what I keep on telling them...We buy distilled water but we also buy ice cube that our neighbor sell and knowingly that that ice cubes came from tap water. So what the point of buying distilled water.grr

That my point..Its useless. We buy distilled water but we also buy cube ice. So what the point..right? buying distilled water when you put a cube ice that you know is only tap water. For me its useless to buy distilled water if we also keep buying cube ice that are made come from tap water.

So you mean freezing and boiling has the same effect to some bacteria? So it means that you can also kill some by freezing? I know some bacteria has great resistance but I just can't accept the idea that freezing is same also as boiling in terms of killing bacteria.