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Ice Cream Rant (the effect of inflation, and economy woes)

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Jdurg:

--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on June 27, 2008, 12:18:01 am ---Did you know it takes 1.25 gallons of gasoline to make ONE gallon of ethanol? Kinda working backwards there, huh?

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That's in terms of the actual energy input needed.  If you use hydoelectric energy to power the equipment, or electric vehicles to harvest the corn, etc. etc. then no gasoline is needed at all.  Many of the truly "green" farmers use Biodeisel to power their equipment and that results in little to no gasoline needed at all.  However, it takes some time and patience to create biodeisel and people here in the USA are just looking for a quick buck and that's it.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: shardian on June 27, 2008, 08:57:16 am ---
--- Quote from: Peale on June 26, 2008, 04:57:19 pm ---Hardness of ice cream, believe it or not, is a good thing.  It means it's been kept at a *very* low temperature. 

As for shardian's ice cream, by the sound of it the ice cream got warm and melted a bit, then refroze.  I'd call Edy's and complain, get a free coupon, and try it again from another store.

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That was the first thing we assumed, and it was obviously not the case. You can tell from texture when ice cream is 'refrozen'. This was definitely the way it was put in the carton initially. We've also gotten it from Walmart and Krogers, and it was the same deal.

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That's disappointing.  I've always liked Edy's. 

shardian:

--- Quote from: Peale on June 27, 2008, 10:57:42 am ---
That's disappointing.  I've always liked Edy's. 

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Oh, and I always thought the old Edy's was better after it thawed out a bit and refroze around the edges. It seemed to get creamier.

Jdurg:
It's a shame that Liquid Nitrogen isn't easier to come by.  Making home-made ice-cream with liquid nitrogen helps cut back on the amount of time you have to wait and the effort involved, plus it makes one hell of a good ice-cream!

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on June 27, 2008, 11:19:44 am ---It's a shame that Liquid Nitrogen isn't easier to come by.  Making home-made ice-cream with liquid nitrogen helps cut back on the amount of time you have to wait and the effort involved, plus it makes one hell of a good ice-cream!

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That's on my must-do list of stuff to do in the next ten years.

I don't even know where to get it.  I've looked, but it's pretty controlled.

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