[penguicon-general] Liquid Nitrogen IceCream

[Rob Landley]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 1:33 pm, john guest wrote:
> Yeah, at Youma we went for the low-clean-up approach.  One bowl for
> the ice cream, one bowl for the LN2, a measuring cup for the sugar,
> and a wooden spoon.  And nothing but half and half.  Clean-up was
> realtively quick btw batches, and we were able to create a batch about
> every 45 minutes without killing ourselves.

With a little experience you can get it down to about 15 minutes per batch 
(and with a lot of experience, 10 if it's served out quickly).  We did about 
10 batches in 2 1/2 hours when we took over other convention's con suite to 
save the cost of a hotel room for our room party.  The bowl, spoon, measuring 
cup, and whisk only need to be rinsed (not scrubbed or soaped) between 
batches, and don't forget to grab some of those "39 gallon trash bags" and 
put one on the floor under the bowl.

We should definitely schedule a panel "how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream" 
with both hands-on experience (signup sheet required, I expect), recipes, and 
information about where to get LN2.

Rob
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