Whew! I ate more ice cream last night than I have in a long, long time (and I loved every bite). For those of you who missed it, last night was the first ever Turkey Hill Ice Cream Journal Ice Cream Social. Lots of people people gathered here on the blog at 8pm and sampled various ice creams together while chatting via comments. It was a great time. Thanks to everyone who showed up! We’ll definitely be having another ice cream party in the future.
And now on to the too-good-to-be-true subject of today’s blog entry. Two artists/researchers have theoretically discovered a way to make ice cream-flavored snow fall from the clouds. Sounds far fetched, doesn’t it? That’s because It is (for now… sorry), but in 10 or 20 years, it could make spending a day in the park a lot tastier!
The plan, called “The Cloud Project,” involves using sophisticated machinery (which still needs to be invented) to spray liquid nitrogen and ice cream-flavoring into the clouds, which causes the moisture in the clouds to condense, freeze and blanket the earth below in a yummy layer of ice cream snow. Making it work for real is still the biggest obstacle, but the artists have retrofitted an ice cream truck with an attachment which uses the same idea to spray out miniature ice cream snow storms. They also use the truck to distribute ice cream made with liquid nitrogen to curious bystanders.
Just think, one day the weather forecast could be cloudy with a chance of chocolate chip cookie dough. Shoveling the sidewalks just got a whole lot more fun!
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If you’ve got a technical question about the ice cream making process or some other inquiry about the nuances of America’s favorite treat, chances are Ernie has the answer. He might not be able to answer all questions, but he’ll try his best and some may be featured on the Ice Cream Journal.